Little News but many Wild Rumours: Attempt to Induce Marshal Sun to Go Against His Chief: Recruiting Depots Opened by, Chekiang Tupan SATURDAY, the local Chinese banks on Thurs Little news of importance was) obtainable yesterday in connexion with the "war," but numerous Fumours were prevalent, none of which could be relied upon.
For instance, it was freely rumoured that Marshal Wu Pei-fu had died as a result of the wound which he sustained on the battlefield few days ago, whilst. personally commanding his men. Then again it was said that Hankow had fallen into the hands of the Southerners without any resistance on the part of the northern forces, and that} Hanyang was in imminent danger falling. These reports are said to emanate from Japanese sources.
We understand that the China Merchant's str, Kiangteen was commandeered by the Allied command at Nanking whilst on her way to Hankow.
Freight service on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway has been suspended on account of the lack of rolling stock, more than 150 waggons haying been seized by the military authorities for the transportation of men and material.
Additional forces have been sent to the Woosung Forts for defence purposes in case of necessity. The forts, as well as the arsenal, are being closely guarded and no one is allowed to approach them after dusk, Precautions continue to be adopted by the local authorities and additional police have been posted in Chinese territory. A section the 13th regiment have also been ordered on to the streets for patrol duty. Searches are being made for rumour-mongers and suspicious characters are being searched at night, The rumours that martial law has actually been brought into force and that coli are being conscripted for army view by press gangs are groundless.
Gen, Sung Shih-ching, local agent for Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and the Allied army, has returned to Shanghai after an important conference with his chief at Nanking.
'The Chinese press says that a consignment of silver, amounting to 130 eases and valued' $600,000, was sent by Marshal Sun Chuan-fang to over a year ithout any semblance of n trial.
Among those now in custody at the forts of Whampoa and Bocca Tigris are General Hsiung Keh-wu, a former Tuchun of Szechuan General Wa Te-chen, formerly Chief of Police at Canton.
Mr. Sun-fo, acting Mayor of! Canton, to whose influence Get eral Wu Te-chen owed his politicfal success for a time, strongly denies the insinuation in Kuomintang circles that he is the power behind the movement at Taiping in behalf of his former colleague, Friends of Mr. Kwok Min-whom the Central Executive Cor mittee of the Kuomintang has condemned to be shot as a plotter against the life of the late Mr. Li Chung-hoi, are the conviction, but it is not believed that the decision will be reconsider-
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