Peking, July 26.
Ten American marines left for Tungchow yesterday evening, where they found everything quiet. Six of then: are remaining at Tungchow and the other four returned to Poking this morning.
The Chihli troops are now practically surrounding Peking. The 13th Division is cooperating with them and is also guarding the presidency thus showing the President's faith in the loyalty of Yuan Shih-kai's old iyguard, which the Anfuites took out of Peking, but hesitated to use in the field, General Wu_Pei-fu's right hand man, General Wang Chen-ping, hav occupied Chingho military academy on the Peking-Suiyuan line.
General Wu Pei-fu visited the; Poking race-course yesterday, where the Chihliites have established local headquarters, and satisfied himself that ' order was being maintaind.
The gates of the city are still closed. It is understood that the motive is principally to prevent the offending Anfuites from fieeing.
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The Chibli troops are rapidly disarming the Frontier Defence troops tronnd Peking. The question whether this opportunity will be taken of disarming the 13th Division or whether it will become the regular Presidential bodyguard has not yet been decided.
'The headquarters of the Frontier Defence Force was searched yesterday and many documents seized by the gendarmerie. The Frontier troops' telegraph headquarters have been taken over. The residences of several leading Anfuites were searched yesterday evening but the principal leaders could not Foreign circles emphasize the extreme undesirability of any official post being to General Chang Hsun. They state that it would have a very bad effect in foreign countries and in democratic circles throughout China. Nothing, however, has yet occurred to indicate any such intention on the part of the Chibli leaders.
Wu Ping-hsiang's resignation has been accepted and Yin Hung-show, the assistant Commandant' of Gendarmerie. and former attache to General Tsao Kun, will succeed him as Chief of the Metropolitan Police.—Reuter.
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