An echo of the Slanfi revolt was heard here when the police in the Chinese city raided the headquarters a group of persons alleged to have been engaged in plotting to create disturbances in the Tientsin area as a diversion on behalf of Chang Hsueh-liang's rebels, Sixteen people, including two women, wore arrested during the raid, and they are accused by the police of being the principals in the plot, in which Chang Hsueh-chien, brother of Chang Hsueh-liang, Is alleged to be implicated as "commander of the North-eastern National Revolutlonsiy Army The commander's sent and tetiers of appointment were seized among n large Mle of papers, which are also said to have included a letter nddressed to Chang Hsueh-chien giving a lst of armed. men distributed in the Luantung area, These, according to the letter, totalled' 20,000, many of whom were armed with rifes—Reuter, of the Taki harbour shown he ths Semous concern over the tre
hnvigation elveles in Tientain and the various organizations in charge have been requested to take precautionary measures. "At a meeting of the freeze Ing-prevention eommiltee of the Hl= hho Engineering Bureau, it was decided that the Tee-breakers should: keep on working "Inside and outside" the harbour and, If necessary, giant Lees Breakers should" be rented' from
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