New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-07

orders to his troops to make a stand
at Tangku, east Of Tientsin, Genera!
WI Pei-fu learns. for the purpose Of
protecting the retreat
General WI Pei-fu has dispatched
an army TO intercept the retreating
forces al point on TIE railroad north
of Ticntsin. He declares thst the pur-
pose is 70 disarm, rather than capture
them. Altogether, General WI says, he
has captured half of Chang Tso-lin's
ammunition, guns and rifles.
Sweeping governmental changes fol-
lowed today the success Of Genera:
Wv Pei-fu in winning the military
mastery at Picking President Hsu
sing Premier LANG Shih-yi and order
ing his arrest. Finance Minister
Chang HUI and Minister of Communi
cations Yeh Kung-cho also were dis
missed and their arrest ordered
General Chang Tso-lin is dismissed
from his Office Of Inspector General oe
nine months. The Commission returned
to Manchuria.
Premier LANG Shin vi, who is now in
Tientsin, where he has been on leave
for several months, is charged with
conniving with Chang Tsohn TO pro-
mote civil war.
The civil war appears to have ended
yesterday with the flight OF General
Chang Tso-lin toward Mukden. Chang
Tso-lin who brought 1000 troops
south of the Great Wall. is believed to
have abandoned any idea OF offering
organized resistance. His flight was
precipitate. He had proceeded to Loata
along the Peking- Tientsin Railway with
a view to directing operations around
the capital when he learned Of the de-
IoI h
gained troops to follow a best they
could.
Changes Troops Roaming Country
Half Of Chang's army is reported to
be roaming the country between Picking
latter place or a point northward on
the Mukden railroad. A message re-
ceived from Tientsin through official
channels last night said thousands Of
soldiers were observed outside the city
on their way east
The Picking gendarmerie dsarmed
II 900 Of Chang Tso-lin's soldiers out
side the city walls. WI Pei-fu is said
to have paid each of the men $40 for
the expenses Of his trip home.
Picking, after witnessing battles just
outside its walls for the last five DAYS
remains free of the presence of large
foreigner was hurt while inside the
walls, and the property of foreigners
was reported as everywhere respected.
An accurate estimate of the casual
ties cannot be obtained at this time,
but 1000 dead or wounded were count
ed near Changsintien alone Foreign
doctors said there were similar casual
ties at Fengtai.
Fought Three Days Without Food
SHANGHAI, May (Delayed) (By The
Assoc atod Press -Defeated Fengtien
forces from the southern front at
Machang and the northern fighting
area are pouring through Tientsin
toward Chunliangcheng, from which
their leader, General Chang Tso-lin, 10
rcorganize his army.
Reports from Tients.n say the rail
road yards there are choked with troop
trains jammed with soldiers. 200 to
each car Following FIVE trainloads
last night, it was estimated to-day that
5000 men had passed through, with
10000 more in the railroad yards.
The men are still heavily armed. but
are maintaining discipline, showing no
tendency toward footing or disorder.
The Tientsin authorities. however, are
guarding the railroad yards, refusing
to permit the troops to leave the sta
ton. Bread is being distributed to the
soldiers, all of whom on their arrival
make a wild rush, pleading for water
A few have been wounded by the
guards. Tientsin is said to be appre-
hensive.
American troops are guarding the
property of their nationals and keep
ing watch at the railway station. Re-
ports that the railroad line to Mukden
has been cut by the forces Of General
WI Pei-1u have been received, but lack
verihcation