from Manchuria Tientsin, Apr. 24.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has_ telegraphed to the rival War Lords requesting them hot to permit fighting within 40 li of Tientsin.
Up to the present about 120} troop trains have entered Chihli.
contra-distinction to earlier trains those arriving now are crowded with troops. Yesterday some aeroplanes and camel corps detachments arrived.
The "North China Star" states that 500 Chihli troops yesterday hurriedly evacuated their position in the vicinity of Machang, abandoning seven guns.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.