News was received in Shanghai on Saturday night that hostilities had actually broken out between Thsing and Lihyang, west of the Taihu, but we have been unable to secure any confirmation although the Chekiang officials here stated, the frankly that it was of the Allied Army to attack Nanki railway and the Thsing: Lihsiey route, Te appears that, last Thursday, Tupan Sun sent an ultimatum to Gen. Shing Shi-lien, ordering him to leave Shanghai within 24 hours, 'oF he would come and drive him out. Gen. Shing, having received instruction from his superiors to avoid war and leave the district, then isued orders for his subordinates to withdraw from Shanghai.
Gen. Sun has announced that he sumed the title of Field Marshal and appointed Col. Yen Chun-yang as Commander of the! Shanghai Martial Law Forces to maintain peace and order locally. Gen. Hsieh Hung-hsan, commander of the 2nd army, who originally was placed here, has been ordered to Teave for the front to take command of his regular troops, leaving yesterday.
Ex-Police Chief Released Brig. Gen. Chang Tz-ying, who was taken into custody on Friday evening (as announced in the "North-China Daily News"), was! taken to Nanziang on Saturday evening and relieved of his post of Commissioner of Shanghai and Woosung Police. Upon representations by the Chinese General Cham-_ er of Commerce and the members of the Chinese police force, however, he was brought back to Shanghai and lodged in his own yamen as a prisoner, but was released st 8.30 pin. on Saturday. following proclamation:
"Our expedition to Shanghat is tirely 1 the Darpore, of eliminating occupied' this oran' Wer are kate. Punish the culprits and' save, the Tle, Our' troops are well disciplined ud forbidden to. disturb the: pence ie locality. Martial law will apply. case of offences committed by the toldi-Sex, 'The merchants and residents are Rereby ofdered to go-about their' own Uorinees without fear. or suspicion.
all obey this order'
Nanking to Be Held Gen, Yang Vu-ting, Tupan of Kiangsu, has ordered Gen. Shing to defend Changchow until he can complete his preparations, but, if he is unable to do s0, to fall back fon Nanking, which will be defended to the end. (Changchow, ax mentioned, has fallen without resistance)." Should the defence fail, the Fengtien troops will give up Nanking and take their stand on the Pukou side, Gen. Yang, by the way, is reported to have left Nanking for Pukou, The Allied armies are commanded by Generals Cheng Yi, Hsieh Hung-hsun, Lu Hsiang-ting, Chao Fung-chi and Tupan Sun himself, Some 30,000 men are said to have been mobilized in the Taihu trict by Tupan Sun.
Mr. Hsu Yuan, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Tsu Vu-tsai, Superintendent of Customs, are carrying on as best they can under the circumstances, but the other Fengtien official have all fled, leaving only ordinate clerks to up the: affairs of their offices. Naturally, the Chekiang Tupan will appoint his own men to these positions, Wu Pei-fu Prepares to Move An autographed letter from Wu Pei-fu arrived in Shanghai yesterday in which he stated his opposition to the holding of the Tariff Conference and said that he would move immediately.
The letter was shown to a member of the staff of the "North. China Daily News."
According to a statement by the Chekiang Topan last night, Gor Yang Vu-ting, Tupan of Kiangsi actually left' Nanking. The ied forces, according to this tatement, have occupied Chin-long without resistance. From the same source, it is learned that the Fengtien troops south of Hsuchow fe, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway Line, have all evacuated that, section and the district is being Fooked after by the local police. Trafic has been suspended and there is no rolling stock a It is said that Mr. Hsu Commissigner of Foreign Affairs, will be permitted to retain his post, at least for the prose Tupan Sun believes that he is the most suitable man for the post in Shanghai. Mr. Wen Shih-tsen, who now in Japan, may eventually be appointed to the office, which he held before.
Much restlessness The appointed Captain Kiang Song, commander of the! Shanghai Arsenal Protectionary Force, as his successor and the seals of office have been handed to him. The Chamber has consented to indemnify Gen. Chang and his men for their losses when they were disarmed and their personal effects taken away from them by the Chekiang troops on Friday evening. Col. Ning Kai-chen, former second in command at the police headquarters, who was arrested with his chief, has also been released.
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