Tientsin informed the Nationali authorities and the Garrison Com-munder of Tientsin of the intention of placing a battalion of British troops at Tangshan, This met with the approval of the authorities mentioned. The Fengtien authorities also approved and assisted greatly in the transport. by railway of the ttalian from Chinwasgtao. Witkout this assistance the movement of the troops to Tangshan would have been very difficult, The British troops are at present quartered at Tangshan and up to the present no untoward incident has occurred. It is thought that no complications will arise in view of the approval of the various authorities concernsd.—Reuter.
Tuaspay, June 26. Reliable information received in Shanghai yesterday throws interesting light on the distribution of the Chihli-Shantung troops in the north, which created the alarming situation over the week-end in Tangshan through the demand of their commanding officer for money from the local Chamber of Com: merce, and through his subsequent threat that should the money not be forthcoming these troops would be loosed upon the town for an ray of looting.
Thirty trainloads of Chihli-Shantung troops are gathered between Lutai and Kuyeh, the latter place having been reached on Sunday evening, by the Battalion of Bedford shire and Herdfordshire R ment, under Lieut-Col, Tredennick, which sailed from Weihaiwei on day morning. Kuyeh is 15 feom Tangshan.
Other paraphernalia of war include two armoured trains belonging to the Chihli-Shantung troops, at Lutai; two, at Tangshan; two at Kuyeh, and two more somewhere between Tongku and Shanhaikuan, To elaborate for the whole of the northern war zone, distribution of the various armies is reliably given as follows: The Shansi Cavalry scattered around the district Jehol, with the 10th Shansi Army skirting the cavalry area and placed around Kupeikow.
Coming down to Peking, there are the Ist, 2nd and 12th Shansi Armies under Shang Chen and the 26th Hankow Army. A short distance away at Nan Yuan are situated the 12th and 19th Hankow armies, The 3rd Shansi Army covers roughly a narrow zone between Chengting and Paoting, and further up the Peking-Hankow line with headquarters at Tincheng are the 7th, 17th and 19th Hankow Armies." Feng Vu-hsiang is confined south of Peking to the Kao-yang, Tacheng gnd Hokien are: The Tientsin district has Shans! troops under Fu Tso-yi, and they troops of Chang Chung-chang and Chi Vu-pu are in control at Tang shan.
Sun Chuan-fang is to the north and east with headquarters at Luanhsien, and a large number of Fenation troops are bottled up further along the cost in the Changli-Shanhaikuan zone,
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