Five Foreign Gunboats Standing by: Northern Vessels Compelled to Withdraw Fighting has stopped in Amoy, according to a telegram received in Shanghai last Friday, and five foreign gunboats (British, American and Japanese) are standing by for the protection of foreigners and their interests. The general exodus which began on Tuesday night also hat daibay and the have dwindled.
arm el ie populace appears to Confirmation has been received of the report to the effect that the Haiyung and the Yingjui, the loyal northern gunboats, had been compelled to withdraw to safer positions behind Kulangsu Island. About 400 northern troops and marines have been disarmed by the southern soldiers under the personal command of Gen. Chuang Tsz-ping.
Communication still is i lar and the shipment of is to Amoy has been suspended indefinitely.
Unconfirmed reports state that the Magistrate at Kingmen and Gen. Hsu Tsung-chih's staff officer (southern) have been shot by the northerners.
The gunboat Haiyung has been seriously damaged in an engagement at Amoy with the southern gunboats and has been instructed by Admiral Yang Ti-chung to sail into Makiang Har-hour for repairs, states the Dah Tong News Bureau.
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