Skirmishes of Outports but No "Official" Fighting: Railway Stilt Tyrannized Over by Soldiers New Taxes in Kiangsu for Fengtien Army: Chapei Innkeepers' Sorrows fighting on the west shore of they With reference to the report of The Nanking Line is still serious: congested, especially at Chang-Taihu, we are told that, although no chow, Wusih and Soochow, where, definite order has been issued. we are told, the troops are using faither the Chekiang or Fengtien the cars as their "boarding houses." Commanders for war against the A. dozen or so of the "foreign" (i.e. lather, skirmishes between outposts Tientsin-Pukou, Peking-Hankow, and have taken place, These are con-Peking-Mukden) vans are still at sidered by local military leaders to he! the North Station, vidual clashes" and not part of The director of communication of the Fi Army, Col, Chow, said to be still Shanghai, but as these are scatter-fed about in Chapei and the Markham Road junction it is extremely dificult to secure even a fair estimate of their numbers. among the along the ray line, and refugees continue to pour into has been handed back. "A couple of days ago several men, also. of the Int Army, established a rival ofice in the station and put up a notice to the effect that they. had een instructed to start a "railway department" office. However, as they did not receive the recognition they hoped for they Toft the next day for Soochow,
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