Peking, July 26.
Reports have been coming in from Tungchow of the presence of 1,000 Anfu soldiers in the city. li has been represented that missionaries and others were in danger and, therefore, the American ation guard sent a truckload of marines to Tungchow yesterday, who gained access to the city after some difficulty.
Inside they found 200 of the Frontier Defence 'Troops, some Peking gendarmerie and some of Chang Kuei-ti's soldiery, all quiet and guarding the walls' together. So the marines returned to Peking.
Another panicky call for help came to-day, the presence of 1,000 Frontier Troops within the walls Was reiterated and it was said that 1,000 Hunghutze were outside trying to enter.
The American Legation discounts these reports and is trying to contradict local rumours of serious trouble in Tungchow.
The President is' preparing a mandate which is designed to re-establish the legal position of Wu Pei-fu and Tsao Kun and put the Anfu clique in the wrong. It is said to be a masterpiece of elusive diction, 4 Lu Tsung-yn's exchange bank is shipping money to Japan in large amounts
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