Mukden, Sept, 13.
The following is an account of how and why the residences of General Chang Chung-chang and Chu Vu-pu, leaders of the Chibli-Shantung troops have been raided and searched by the Fengtien authorities:—
Upon receipt of information that General Chang Chung-chang was plotting to rebel against Mukden, bribing the advance guards of the 3rd and 4th Route Fengtien Armies and conspiring with the Fengtien troops remaining behind in Mukden, the Fengtien authorities took strict precautions and, as the result of a military conference held on the night of the 11th, resolved to disarm the Chihli-Shantung troops which have already retreated east of Luanchow.
Accordingly, the Fengtien authorities telegraphed to the advance guards of the 3rd and 4th Route armies and at the same time ordered the 20th army under General Vu Hsueh-chung and part of the 3rd army under General Wan Foo-lin, which had recently been sithdraen to Shanhatkuan, too to the front along the Luanko Nevertheless, the Chihli-Shantung troops succeeded in crossing the Lusmho River without interference or obstruction. Moreover, part these Chihli-Shantung troops "have already completed their concentra!
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