The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
CHANG IN FLIGHT
ON JAP GUNB0AT
Defeated Generals Army
Scattered, Members
Bent on Looting
FEAR NEW DISORDERS
Outbreaks Similar to Those of
Boxer Revolution Antici-
pated by Officials
p, THO Associated Press.

pFKING, May 6.--General WI
pa I'm. victor over General Chang
rso-lin In the struggle for military
r,,trol I'm China, declared today at
rbangsintien that instead of striv-
Ing for the position OF head OF the
,ovarnment. he desired TO devote his
energies to unite China, create po-
-iitIc3i harmony in the north and
.opib. abolish milltarism. revive in
du.trv and win the respect OF the
foreign powers.
re expressed himself as agreeing
Aim the opinion of the powers at
1 down at the Washington conference
tbat China must put her house in
order. free herself from vast armies.
er1lv her revenues to pay her debts
erI build railroads.
Wu Pei Fu greeted n group OF
Americans and British who visited
HE private train 12 miles outside OF
peking. As the visitors approached
General Wu appeared on the steps
Of his car dressed in simple Uniform
without insignia or rank. About the
train were scattered tons OF ammu-
milton and guns captured from
Chang's army. on the platform nu-
merous wounded soldiers were
,iretchcd, while behind the station
were teihered about forty camels,
which had been used to convey the
mountain guns.
SHANGHAI. Nav e. General
Chang Tso-Lin, military governor Of
Manchuria and ally of the republic
o. South China. whose army has
been defeated by the forces of Cen
oral Wa Pei Flu. was reported today
. 10 he I'm flight upon Japanese sur-
boat from Taku.
Disorders Feared.
Disorders similar to those during
the Boxer uprising when foreign
armies had 10 intervene are feared
in the Tien Tsin region as an after
math Of the war.
British military observers at Laofa
reported that large bodies of defeat
ed FengtaiRn troops formerly part of
Changs army were pushing through
that district towards Tien Tsin bent
upon looting. They were firing in.
Discriminatory even at their troop
trains.
big 3" Cooperating.
American. British and French
military authorities at Tien Tsir
have begun a cooperative movement
for the protection of foreign lives
and property. Extra forces OF ma
rines have arrived.
American citizens living on Chi.
nese soil have beef warned 10 con-
centrate in Peking or Tien Tsin for
their own salvation. Thousands OF
soldiers who were wounded in bat
lie are still lying upon the field re-
ceiving no attention owing to the
lack of medical supplies.
LONDON, May 6.--Heayy fight.
,ng is still in progress in the
Machang sector of the Chinese bat
lie front between the forces of Gen.
erai WI Pei Flu and General Chanr
Tso-Lln, said an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Tien Tsin today.
- The Chihli troops under Genera
WI are trying to surround and cap
ture the whole section OF Genera
Changs army in the Machang re-
Fion. Three regiments constituted
the right wing of the Manchuriar
army that formerly occupied Chang
Sin Tien and Fengtai.
The Manchurians are retiring al
hlong the Peking-Sui Van railway
Stragglers approaching Peking have
been disarmed and that city IL in M
danger whatsoever. Foreign mill
tary observers are said to have beer
most favorably impressed with th'
manner in which the military move
ments we're carried out by botl
sides.
PEKING. May 6. - General W,
Pei Flu has refused an invitation
from President Hsu to visit Peking
Instead. he sent his chief of stat
10 call on the president, the actinI
premier and the chief OF police.
General Wu is reported still n
The front directing the pursuit of tn,
routed Chang.