Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-15
CHINESE BELIEVE
INTERNAL STRIFE
WILL CEASE SOON

/ ny Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. Aug. i4-Aftcr the a I
d"n outbreak of warfare along the old
| northern and southern lines NJ battle
IN the province uf Human, quicscent for
the past two years, since the signing
/ ui the armisticc. Chinese IN official cif.
clcs In Shanghai were led to believe
from reports received late In June that
the strife which brought about the fall
uf me- less than II cities. Including the
| capital ut Human. In the space uf 10
DAYS. would suhside through the sum
mpr months.
What relation. " amy. thig warfare
| may have Ia the split IN the former
Canton government. to the parleyR of
southern leaders with Picking officials.
or tu the intricate controversies within
the Picking government has not yet
been clearly defined The north has
lost vast area In Human, and the
military governor. or tuchun. of that
province. Chang Chingyao. has been
deposed.
what happened was brought about
AZ the result of action taken by Gen.
cral WI rci.fu. the Chill general who.
two years ago. forced the northern
lines down through Human and then
| declared the uiinisticc that ended the
fighting In that area. WI pcifu. with
his own and other northern forces. com.
| posed for the most part uf troops ~
the military governor uf Human held
| these lines until last month. Then,
without any announced reason. Gen
| eral WI gathered together all ~ his
forces. numbering In the ncighbOrhood
| ~ 10000 men, ana withdrew north
ward
when the Chill general did this.
General Tan ien.kai. commander ~
the opposing southern forces. immc,l.
lately pressed forward crossing the
Sinngkinng IN the Changing district
General Tan bumharded the cities of
AMEN. kiyunk aud ieiylng. and uccu.
| pied them. lie then captured IN the
same way, paoching Yuhsirn and
| ll'ngynng.
Overriding the opposition NJ the
troops uf the governor II Human. Gen.
| ctnl Chang Ching yao. that remained,
he continued his nnrthWard advance
taxing the cities 81 Yiyang. Lokuw.
! iingfcng. i.iling. Siangtnn and Sinngs.
slang ON his continued advance
Chang Ching yao. who had dclugcd
rekinE with tclcgraphcd appeals for
aid fled from his capital nj Changoha.
after which the southern forces moved
forward and occupied Chuchow. and
then the capital u was reported then.
about the middle ~ June. that the
southern advance would halt al this
| point While these things were hap.
| Irning. General Wa Peifu continued
io Withdraw toward his home province.
Few important developments In con.
nertiun with the dissolution at the can.
ton government have recently come q
llgh' After -four ~ the seven mem.
beers uf the executive administrativ"
council had quit Canton. ana were lot
lowed o. shanghai hy some 100 mem
hyrs of the Canton parliament. the
remnant ~ the government that was
let hrhind took various measures. IL 4,
charged. 60 dislr,lit the officials ~
shanghai Later 10 was announced ir
shanghai that an understanding hat
h,cn reached D., ID Wa Ting.Fanr
IN sun Vat Sen and Tang Shao pi viii
the northern pi~ripHirniiary peace dele
Eitc. General Vans Niung. concern
INK terms uf urlC' between north am
| south