Yen Said to Be Due Shortly: Assurances of Peace and Protection: Sha Banknotes for Money Shortage Nanking, June 11. dispatches from Peking.
announce that General Yen Hsi-shan, having formally assumed office us' Garrison Commander of Peking and Tientsin at' Paotingfu on the 8th, is expected to arrive at [Peking shortly, The Shansi Commanders there have already preed the Shihchaotang Hall, in the former Cabinet Building, as General Yer Provisional Headquarters and have made all arrangements for his reception.
Shang Chen entered Peking the 8th and established his Headquarters at the Suafu Hutun; {in the eastern part of the city. At Snamber of Commerce in the after reception the Peking
noon of the 8th in honour of the leading Shansi Commanders, Ger eral Shang, on behalf of General Yen, expressed great appreciation of the good services of the various lder statesmen in Peking in maintaining peace and order in the city prior to the arrival of the Shansi troops. He assured his audience of the continued maintenance of peaes and order by the Shansi forces.
General Shang sise announced that no char ministration Commissioner of Police, Ping-hsiang, said' Gener: Shang, was well-known for ability and knowledge of conditions in Peking and must remain to carry fon the wi Shansi Banknotes Finally, General Shang requested that pending the arrival of an' adequate amount of specie for various expenses of the Government, the Shansi banknotes accepted on the market to tide over the financial difficulty which, together with various other major political issues, must be solved by the Central Authorities.
General Shang has issued. two proclamations, the first one order ing protection of foreign lives and property in Peking, and the. second giving protection to the families the Northern officials. All arms and ammunition left behind by the Fengtien militarists must be surrendered to the Headquarters of the Shansi Forces, while Shansi soldiers are forbidden to enter private premises to' search for arms.
At present, only 10,000 troops of General Shang Chen's Army are stationed in Peking, while the forees under General Hsu Yung-chang and General Tan Ching-lin remain outside the city, those of the former being stationed at the Railway Station at Yungtiengmen and the latter, quartered at Peiyuan.—Kuo Min,
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