Tientsin, June General treachery ig attributed to the activity of Mr, Pien Shou-ching, Mr. Liu Hsiao-lan (2), a repr sentative of General Chiang, and others who are trying to reassert the influence of the old Chihli party. It appears that they did not stand well with the factions of Generals Feng Yuchsiang and Yen plot.
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'AS the plot was exposed before the time was ripe, General Hsu Yuan-chuang gave orders to the commands under his direct control to concentrate with the object of taking Tientsin by fore, Later.
General Hsu Yuan-chuang''s troops have been fast entering the walled City of Tientsin since morning, passing through Nan Maloo (Road), Hsu's soldiers wear-are guarding important points on the Wall, An armoured train was derailed at the Central Station, and the Chibli-Shantung troops are finding 1 impossible to retreat, Corimander in Tientsin, quite calmly, He has sanctioned Gen. Hsu's Tesignation from the "post of the of the Military Affairs Bureau in The Marshal declares" that General Hsu's present action is nothing but a plot to seize the power of the Peace Preservation Committee in Tientsin, In the meanwhile, Marshal Chang Chang-chang summoned his prin cipal subordinates to the Tupan's Office this afternoon and conferred with them regarding the time and method for the evacuation of the Hearing that General Hsu Yuan-chung who has been installed by the Chihli Provincial Assembly and other public organizations as Gar-risen Commander in Tientsin, is trying to place the remaining Chihli-Shantung troops under own command, Marshal Chang Chung-chang finally determined to evacuate Tientsin, Together with (General Chu. Vu-pu he secretly pi ceeded to General Wu Kuan-hsin's residence in a motor-car at 5 p.m. yesterday. General Chang Ching-yao's troops guarded the route along which Marshal Chang motor-td, in order to keep back General Hsu Yuan-chuang's troops.
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