Upon inquiries, it hasbeen ascertained that" the mutinous troops are not confined to a regiment of the 24th Division under the command of General Shih Vu-san_bat that the enrive soldiers of the: 24th Division itself, numbering some 15,000, have mutinied, declaring their opposition to proceeding to Canton.
It appears that the mutineers started a revolt at about 11 o'clock on Monday evening and made a clean sweep of the principal streets near the Pukow Railway Station. On Tuesday inoing, the troops took the railway station under their control and, after taking all avi able rolling stock, left Pukow in a northern direction. These troops are said to have Joined the other detachment of, General Shih Yue san's Army at Wu-i, where the majority of them were reported to De still staying up till evening on Tuesday.
While it ig not Known whether General Shih Vu-san himself is, involved in the mutiny or not, fs thought that the mutiny must have been a well planned affair. General Shih, who had been staying at a hotel in Hsiakuan, was no! found there when the news of the revolt of his men spread, while his cent ite staff in. Nanking has not been seen since Tuesiay morning.
If the present revolt has been the result of a well planned scheme by General Shih Vu-san himself, the fair must be considered as involve ing fay reaching political eon-Sequences, His entire Army which stationed at Pengpu, the capital of Anhui Province, and other Pointy: along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, number some 20,000. Consequently, if this entire force should turn out against the Nanking ne, the matter would be a far more serious affair than a mere: mutiny of a small group of troops. Im the cirtumstanees, the attitudes of General Ma Teng-ta, who is now at Hauchow, and General Han Fu. chu, who is'now at Honan, both of whom are regarded as close political allies of General Shih Vu. quire particular attention, In addition to the 3rd Division, the Government also. intends to send the 5th Division to Pukow for the suppression of the rebel troops. The taffle between Pukow and Hsiakuan, avhich has been suspended ince the outbreak has been restored, Just now all ig. quiet in Nanking Rengo.
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