Dispute for Possession of Chihli: Yen Accusing Feng of Bad Faith: Communications with Tientsin Cut Peking, June 6.
Foreign official reports state that friction is developing between Genral Yen Hsi-shan and Marshal and_are said to have been in the official service in the local affairs department of Chihli 31 Governor's Office—Toho.
Feng Vu-hsing. appears that it was agreed, in the case of a Nationalist triumph, that Marshal Feng should have Shantung in addition to Honan, Shensi and. Kansu, General 2 Yen. Hsi-shan would have control Chihli as well as Shansi. Owing fo the Japanese imbroglio, Shantung hag ceased to be a desirable prize; hence Marshal Feng shows a sire to obtain possession of Tien-{sin in order to have a good port for the import of ammunition, Yen's agents have wired to Nanking protesting against the Kuo-mine hun breaking faith in pushing on to Tientsin. in the hope of occupying it' before the Shansi forees, Meanwhile the Tientsin situation is becoming further involved owing to the problem of the Chihli-Shantung troops, According to the latest reports, General Cha Vu-pu, Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and Marshal Chang Chung-chang have just held a conference at Tientsin at which they decided to hold the city Uniler the five-coloured flag against the Nationalists, taking up positions the vicinity of Peitsang and Yangisun, on the railway between Tientsin and Peking.
Kuominchun Marching on Peking Lat The Kuominchun this -afternoon reached Lanfang. They have cut The telegraph and telephone. wires between Peking and Tientsin in several plac number of Shansi troops arrived at Nanyuan, eight miles to the south of Peking, this afternoon. tls reported that they are a rong! ooking lot, many without uniforms, those in pain-clothes being armed revolvers, Committee of Public Safety delegates to greet then, ut in the meantime all the sates of the city are shut and manned by soldiers, Most of the universities algo. a number of of hoisted the Nationalist flag to-day.
has appointed General Wu Ping:
The Committgp of Public Safety hsiang superintendent of police, He held this post under President Yuen Shih-kai, but had been out of office for many years.
The prisoners in the military prison, most of whom are imprisoned for crimes in the army, attempted to break out this morning. but General Pao Vu-lin suppressed the attempt, Several prisoners. were summarily shot—Reuter,
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