Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-30
Sun Vat Sen Forces
Capture Southern
China Squadron
Forces Under Manchurian
General and Military Chief
Of Central China Begin
Great Conflict.

Shanghai. April 3o.-(By A. Pr
The forces OF Sun Vat Sen. head oi
the Southern Chinese government. n
Canton. have captured the entire
Southern naval squadron. II was
stated in unofficial dispatches pub
lished here today by the foreign and
Chinese press.
The attack on the vessels which
resulted in their surrender was car
ried on, by aircraft IN conjunction
with southern Chinese troops. The
aircraft bombed the vessels at Pah
Wu-Ten. 70 men being killed and 20
others wounded on board the cruiser
llai Chi in the initial attack. the re-
ports state.
Later there was a further bombing
attack on the vessels near Canton
in the Whampoa river. the Hal Chi
and other craft attacked surrender
/. ing.
The squadron captured, the report
stated. included the cruisers Hal Chi
and Hal Chen, the gunboats Chu Yu,
Yung Peng, Yu Chang. Yung
lIsiang. Eel Ying, Fuan and Yum
gan and the training ship Chaoho.
peking. April 2o.-(By A. P)-
The fighting south OF the Peking-
Ticn Tsin railway. begun at
dawn today. was still in progress this
afternoon. with the sound OF battle
distinctly audible here. The engage
mcnt between the forces OF General
Chang Tso-Lin, military governor OF
Manchuria. and General WI Pei-Fu,
military leader OF Central China.
was reported to extend along line
from Machang, 20 miles south OF
Ticn Tsin to point just south OF
Pekiag.
Wounded troops from the front
began arriving in the city this after
noon.
Peking, April 29.-(By A. P9-
Fighting south of the Peking- -Tein
Tsin railway was still in progress at
noon today. The forces of Gen.
Chang Tso-Lin, military governor Of
Manchuria. and Gen. Wu Pci-Fu,
military leader OF Central China, were
reported engaged along line ex-
tending from Machang, 20 miles
south of Tien Tsin, to point south
OF Peking.
A dispatch from Tein Tsin says
there has been heavy artillery firing
near Machang for the last 20 hours.
The foreign legations here have adj
vised the nationals OF their respective
countries who are now outside Pek-
ing to hasten to the capital as a meas
use Of self-protection. The fighting,
which began at dawn this morning
at Changsintien, IL miles southwest
OF this city, was continuing at 8
o'clock this afternoon.
There was artillery firing in the
vicinity af Marco Polo bridge. which
spans the River Yungting Ho near
the west gate OF Lu-Kou-Chiao. The
latter place is little more than four
miles from Changsintien. q
The firing opened along front
extending from Changsintien, 12O
miles southwest of Pcking to point
80 miles due south. Both armies
are entrcnched along the Peking-
Hankow railroad, with Wu-Pei FUs
base at Pao Ting Flu. The artillery
firing was heard distinctly in ,Peking
and thousands Of people, including
many foreigners, mounted the city
walls, from which the smoke of the
battlefield was visible.
During the night sounds Of inter-
mittent firing came from the front.
but with the dawn a brisk cannonade
began, the city rousing to the
mounting sound. Some Americans
ventured out to the race track west
Of Peking, where they saw
Changtso-Lin's troops directing ar
tillery fire from the hills.
Lament Hostilities.
The members of the government.