Another incident which occurred! in Shanghai on Sunday serves as an illustration of how the seamen fand labourers are assisting—the their campaign Sun Chuan-fang.
pears that different local Chinese steamship companies received orders to prepare several steamers for the transportation of troops and supplies for the Allied Command, Attempts were made to get the boats in runing onder but the seamen and labourers threatened to declare a strike if they were foreed to assist Sun Chuan-fang in defeating the southerners. Having presented this threat, they walked off the steamers and. so far none ave been found to fill their places.
'Telegraphic communication tween Shanghai ati places, in 'Fukien and eastern Kiangai has again been interrupted and sages to places beyond Fucheng, a town on the Kiangsi-Fukien border, are being sent at senders' risk, The Allied Command has i 'a general order proclaim five provinees of Kiangsu, Anhui, Chekiang and (which are or were under Marshal Sun) under strict martial law. After eight o'clock each night, all communications must be suspended, says the order, and nobody permitted to pass." As soon as this order was issued, Marshal Chang Moueh-liang, son of Marshal Chang Teo-lin and Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd Fengtien Army, at once issued a similar order placing Peking onder martial law.
'A telegram received by the local branch of the Kuomintang yesterday reported the capture of Wusueh and 'Tehan by the Southern forees, but this was denied by the Allied Army's agency here later, a telegram having, been received from Gen, Lu Hsiang-ting, Tupan of Eh jong, who is in command of the Allied operations saying that the enemy' with heavy losses efter a number of stiff engager lusting several hours eac Special precautions cent the curfew hours are now fror pam, till G am, Searches continue to be made for Kuomintang 4nd. agitators, Six gunboats stationed near the Kaochangmiao Arsenal, up the Huangpu River, and two are anchored at Wooaung, eluding the cruiser Haichou. Local troops are being reinforced and others are being transferred to Nanking from Hangchow.
Another heavy consignment arms and ammoni ig 2,000 enses of cannon part guns, rifles, small arms and bullets, was sent to Nanking by special train yesterday under heavy guard.
The report that the Southerners! have succeeded in bribing the Allied Navy under Admiral Yang Shu-chang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, is officially denice and all of the gunboats have been moved from Kiukiang to Anking, Anhui 'A number of Kiangsi resident Shanghai have requested the Can ton Government to appoint a comjssion for the administration of Kiangsi Province. It is understood, says the Chinese press, that the Canton authorities, have asked Gen. Li Lich-chun, former Tuchun of the province, to became chairman.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.