Peking, July 23.
News from various parts of the country indicate that things are not going well for the Chihli Party.
A group of Shensi members of Parliament are reported to have left Peking for Shanghai. Yesterday several- Manchurian mem-sailed from Dairen for Shang-Reports from Szechuan state that a brigade stationed vt Wanhsien is said to have gone over to the Kuomintang side. The Kueichow troops have also thrown in their lot with Dr. Sun Yuatsen. The Kueichow troops now besieging Chungking are reported to have entered the suburbs on the left river bank.
Communication with Chungking is (practically cut off. Steamers entering and leaving the port are fired on indiscriminately by troops.
Reports from Honan state that General Chai Chi-yn, a Kuomintang man, is preparing to oppose General Chao Hong-ti, who has despatched troops from Changsha against General Chai, but these are proving unreliable and are returning to Changsha. {Martial law, which had seen withdrawn at that town, has again been proclaimed on account of the threatened civil war.—Reuter.
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