A run on five native banks occurred here to-day as a result of the lack of confidence which Tientsin manifested on Saturday. is feared, that, in conjunction with the political situation, this movement may spread to other native Yanks, creating a mild panic.
Mr." Liang Shih-yi, dissatisfied with both the financial and polities) situation, went to Saturday, possibly to return or not.
Fengtien Retirement Unhampered Peking, May 7.
The withdrawal of the: Fenj forces along the Peking-Hankow railway continues unmolested by the enemy. The base of the front is now believed to be Shuntehfu, though there are patrols further south, There is no news of any. advance by Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang beyond Changteh.
It Is believed that the Northera line will extend from Shuntehfu to Weihsien, Lintsing and Tehchow.
A Southern plain-clothes force carried out an attack on Kaomi yesterday morning but the North-fern troops drove them off after two hours' fighting—Reuter.
Mes. Chiang's to Wounded Mrs, Chiang Kai-shek has despatched 20,000 parcels to be dis tributed among the wounded soldiers "at the front. The funda covering the cost of these parcels have been collected by Mrs. Chiang among Nationalist sympathizers. Each parcel contains a suit of clothes, & towel, a cake of soap, a tin of Liscuits and ing mossuge from Kzi-shek.
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