The Archive · 1935

Soldiers Mutiny for Lack of Pay

Tientsin, Apr. 22.

About 60 soldiers of' the 75ist Division, under the command General' Vu Hsueh-chung, stationed at Peitung along the Pelping. Mukden railway line have fled. northwards after having shot to death a none commissioned officer late last. night in a mutiny reportedly caused by the failure of Gen. Vu to pay his men.

'This was revealed to-day' when the through train from Mukden arrived here one hour lalo this morn-

Canton, Apr, 22, Following the decision of the authorities to amalgamate the Kuangtung squadron—consisting of the three northern cruisers Halchi, Hale sen, and Shacho, which surrendered to Canton following the mutiny In 1933—and the Canton fleet, which is directly attached to the First Group Army under the command of General Chen Chi-tang, preparations were @mmenced to-day for placing the warships under the direct control of the Military Headquarter Admiral Kiang Si-yuan has summoned meeting of the cruisers in order to instruct that the arrangements for the transfer should be completed before the end of the month.

It is understood that a number of these officers will be appointed to serve in the mew headquarters Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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