Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-30
SOUTH TAKES FLEET.
AS PEK|NG ARMY AND
MANCHUS GRIP NORTH
Sun Vat Sen Captures Chinese Squadron at Can
ton by Use Of Bombing Aircraft; 20 Killed, 30
Wounded; Heavy Artillery Firing Wanes Out
side Capital on 1S-Mile Front; Smoke Of En-
gagement Discernible From Peking Walls;
U.S.. Adds Legation Guards.

Shanghai, April 3O.-(By The Associated Press)-The
Of Sun Vat head Of the South Chinese
stated unofficial dispatches published here by the for
egn and Chinese press.
carried out by aircraft conjunction with southern
Chinese The aircraft bombed the vessels Pah WI
Ten 20 being killed and 80 others wounded board the
cruiser Haichi in the initial attack the report stated.
Later there was further bombing attack on the vessels
craft attached surrendering.
China started Saturday with heavy cannonadng in the neigh
borhood of Pekg The armies Of anhura and General Wu
Pei Fu military leader of central China who contendng for
mastery of Chnas internal affairs opened fire along wide
front and fought all day. Not till night did the firing diminish
Machang south entsin the Pukow railway the
country westward to Paoting Fu the Peng Hankow rail
thence nohward to Changsntien IL miles southwest Of
ULTIMATUM TO PEKING STARTED IT
The hostiles said to have been due ultimaum
from General W. Pei Flu giving Chang o Lin "a hours
cuate Pekng and withdraw his troops from Mukden The u
Hosties opened Machang with artillery Almost
simultaneously cannonadng began at Changsentien Wu Pei
troops from the Yangtse with view to turning Chang Ln
west wing located at Changsntien 1t is believed that WI Pei
Flu designs to drive Chang o Ln forces from about Peng
WOUNDED TROOPS ARRIVING IN CAPITAL
Wounded troops from the front began arriving in the city
the afternoon:
FOREIGNERS CALLED INTO CAPITAL
dispatch says there has been heavy art
ery firing Machng for the last 20 hours and the vicin
iy of the Marco Polo bridge
their respective countries who outside Pekng to hasten
the capital of protection They also
advised display their national flags and this done
ticulary by the Americans.
1000 GUARDS AT u S. LEGATION
One hundred and fifty American buejackets and marines
have arrived to reinforce the legation The total number of
guards at the legation is about 1000.
Advces from Using Tao and shantung report that the Jap
reinforcing their guards along the Shanung railway
these had recently been decreased numbers result of the
Washington conference The American consul at Marking
ports that two Chinese cruisers in sympathy with Wu Pei Flu
have from Cheoo and proceeding for
the wall for the purpose destroying the railroad
Mukden, thus cutting Chang Tso Lin's
FLEET STICKS TO PEKING
The admiral of the Chinese fleet has notified the govern
ment that is his purpose to support WI Pei Flu.
Evidence of the feeling of the Chinese in the outlying dis
tcs observed Peking Saturday night when thousands
of natives entered the western and southern gates carrying
their vauabes to safety All kinds of vehicles in loaded
with goods and accompanied by and children Inside
the gates the Chinese transported their and jewe to
the banks.
SIGHTSEERS OUT TO WATCH BIG GUNS
The artillery firing heard distinctly in Pekng and
thousands of people, including many foreigners mounted the
city walls from which the smoke the battle visible
During the night sounds of intermittent firing from
front but at dawn brisk cannonade began the city rous
the mounting sounds Some Americans veured out to
the race track west Of Pekng where they saw