The Archive · 1928

GEN. YEN HSI-SHAN DUE IN PEKING

Arranging to Take Control: Nanking Appoints Representatives to Ministries: Shansi Troops Arriving Fnow Our Own Peking, June 6. retreating unite ims almost The Diplomatic Body has bees macular assured by the Shansi delegates, The Tientsin railway is heavily through the committee of Elder congested und for this reason the Statesmen, that their troops will morning train advertised to leave not enter the metropolitan area be-here this morning failed to depart, fore to-morrow night, and probably but the motor road is unobstructed, until Friday morning, thereby while bodies of Kirin, Fengtien and ing the last Fengtien units Sun Chuan-fang's troops, retreating mple time to withdraw, eastwards are courteous to the travellers they meet, Local spokesmen of the Chibi generals, formerly with the Feng-With the exception of the Fengtien Army, amongst whom Vu ien military trains which ave pass-Hsueh-chung is the moving spirit, ing through, ull soldiery are ko ing scrupulously outside Tientsin. say they are all converging on.

These include the remnants of the Tientsin where they will raise the Nationalist flag and undertake. the. armies of Generals Chu Vu-pu and 3 which task of disbanding and disarming Chang Chung-chang, constitute the most dit Chang Chung-chang's troops. the present situa The greatest mystery of the them, situation remains the movements ist that Feng-and the purposes of the Kuomintion must cither withdraw or dis-chun, band them.

Fengtien's evacuation of this area Radical Efforts Suppressed almost complete though cavalry units were still. at Changsintien The committee of Elder States this morning, preparing to with-men under Marshal Wang Shih-chen draw. Reports from the country are handling the situation to the districts, from points on the rail-of the diplomats, Gen. ways and the motor road to Tientsin say that the behaviour of the twining perfect onder in the city

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