The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-05
.PEKING FALLS
into CONTROL
OF WU-PEI-FU
General Chang Tso-Lin,
Whose Forces Were Routed
Yesterday, Reported Flee
ing From Capital.
THINK STRUGGLE over
(Dy Associated Pressl

(Dy Associated PressI
PEK1NG, May 5.-General Wu Pei
Flu was in control of Peking at noon
today and General Chang TsoLin.
whose forces he routed yesterday in
a fierce battle south of the capital,
was reported fleeing to Mukden
Chang's army is retreating in disor-
der toward Tien Tsin.
Observers here believe Chang's sud
den collapse has ended hostilities.
The struggle between General
Chang Tso Lin and General WI Pei
Flu. which has reached its climax in
the present campaign was foreshadow-
ed in Associated Press dispatches of
September, 1921, when it was outlined
as a battle between militarism in
China under the leadership of Chang
the most powerful military governor
of the republic, and liberalism with
WI as its standard bearer. In per
sonality the men are exact opposites,
while their present relative positions
form an outstanding paradox in Chi
nese political history.
Chang War Lord
Chang, regarded as the war lord and
advocate of military hegemony.
sprang from the people. is uneducated
and gained his dominating position
through force of character and per
sonal bravery.
WI came from the upper classes,
distinguished himself in his younger
| days as a student and when only p
years of age won the Chinese degree
equivalent to Bachelor of Arts in the
competitive literary examination. He
received his military education in the
Kai Ping Military academy near Tien-
! tsin, where he graduated with honors.
Chang fought under the Mikado's
banner in the Russo-Japanese war as
| leader of a Chinese "nunghutsu" or
! guerrilla force. At the close of the
campaign he passed into the Chinese
government service and became so
strong as a military leader that his
machine guns at one time overawed
government investigators, sent to in
quire into number of charges against
him as military governor Of Sengtein.
The investigation was dropped. WI
was prominent in the drive against the
Anfu club or coalition of militarists
} two years ago when that organization
} was broken up and its leaders i'm
prisoned. In September, 1921, his op
erations cast the first shadows of the
tween himself and Chang.
. At that time he led his troops against
the Human rebels, drove them out of
: Hupei into their own territory and
then turned on the Szechuan or south
ern forces, acting independently of
. Sun Vat Sen, president of the Republic
! of South China, at Ichang.
: General WI outf1anked the Sec
huanese on both wings and completely
crushed them in what American OBJ
servers described as ''the finest piece
of strategy ever employed by modern
! Chinese general
, Followers of political events in
{ China tacitly admitted that Wu's vic
, tory at Ichang prevented the further
disintegration of the Republic and
placed an obstacle in Chang Tso-Lin' s
> path towards military hegonomy in
northern China.
PEKING, May 5.-Gen. WI Pei Flu.
! leader of the Chilli army, has sent a
: number of his officers into Peking to
: consult with the government authori-
!. ties after his victory over Gen. Chang
Tso-Lin's forces south Of this city
, General Wu's officers declared the
, Chilli commander could be expected
| III the H. GeHeTdI w u d.
y / tributes much of his success to the
: initiative of Feng Yuh-Siang. 'The
: Christian General" who commanded
/ retreat eastward of Changs army WI
i declares he will continue to fight until
n Chang has been driven back to Mu:s
den. of which he is military governor
Last night crowds of soldiers from
: Chang's defeated army gathered out
# side tae walls of Peking, clamoring for
n admittance At the southwest gate
Q where the railroad enters the city they
e used a locomotive in an attempt tC
e ram down the gate, but failed. City
It guards were sent out to disarm the
Y stragglers.
Two thousand of Chang Tso-Lin';
soldiers permanently kept in Pekins
were disarmed, under orders from WI
Pei-Fu This is regarded as eIiminat
ing Chang Tso-Lins authority in tn
capital.
Outside the walls. some of Chang
Manchurian soldiers refused to SUI
4 render and were fired upon. Sixtee,
j hundred of these troops were car
tured in one place.
SHANGHAI, May 5.-A Peking di;
patch to the Shun Pao. Shanghai
Or leading Chinese newspaper. says th
to American, British and Japanese minis
Or ters have instructed the naval con
manders of their respective countrie
IN to prevent attacks by Chinese wa
"a craft supporting General WI Pei-F
n, upon the Peking- g-Mukden railway a
ne Taku and Chinwangtao.
Of The Portuguese minister as dean {
the diplomatic corps is also reporte
m to have notified the Chinese ministe
no of foreign affairs that the diplomat
body insists upon fulfllment of th
ef conditions of the Tien Tsin protocol {
,e- 1901, declaring the recent fighting /;
lie Lukiuchao constituted a violation {
to the treaty because that place was
80 Ii of Peking.
Any military interference with II
Peking- Mukden railway it was als
declared would be a breach of tt
lis. same treaty This action follows Il
if. announcement by Admiral Tu Shf
ad Kwei, commander of the northern CT
on nese squadron that he would train b
he pms On tha railway cuttinq Gauar