The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-08
BATTLE FRONT
SOON TO REACH
TO ESQ MILES
General Chang Tso-Lin, War
Lord of Manchuria, Fights
Peking Government
NO DECISIVE BATTLE
Four Day Battle Around
Shanghai Is Without Re.
sult-Sun Vat Sen May
Get In

Shanghai, I'll p. n.y. Sept. s.
Artillery and rifle fire, growing
stronger minute by minute, was
heard late tonight in the Jess
field district on the western out
skirts of the city. No official
indication as to the source of
the firing was available.
1t was suggested that the st.
lacking ksiangO forces which
have been held at Hwangtu on
the Shanghai-Nanking railroad
for nearly a week by the SOL
diers of Lu Wung- Hsiang might
have left the railroad and sent
a force down the waterway from
SoOchow. in Junks and barges.
Shanghai, China, Sept. S.-(By the
A. P)-Armies Of Gen. Chang Tso-
Lin, war lord of Manchuria, were
in the field today sweeping down
from Manchuria toward Peking
against the forces Of General WI
Pei-Fu, his old military rival, to
create new front in China's civil
war, which has been confined to
fighting west and south of Shanghai,
between rival military governors,
for the possession of the gateway
city.
The latest military gesture in
China's internal complications, will
make the territory between Mukden,
principal city of Manchuria, and
Peking, in Chilli province, an arm
ed camp. 1000 miles away from the
Shanghai lines of warfare.
Out of series of reports re-
ceived here today there was an in
dication that military orders issued
from Peking showed that activities
were under way in provinces divid-
ing the separated fields of battle
and before many hours the terri
tory between Shanghai and Peking
would be connected line of con-
flict, $50 miles in length.
No Decisive Battle
Although the invading army of
Chi-Shieh Yuan, military governor
of Kiangsu province, has been bat
tlng for four days against the de-
Tending forces of Gen. Lu Wung-
Hsiang, military governor of Che
kiang province, for possission lof
Shanghai, no decisive battle has
been fought.
Belated official permission of the
Peking government to the invading
forces of the Kiangsu government
to proceed announced yesterday, was
said to have prompted the move on
the part of General Chang Tso-Lin,
an ally of General Lu. Wu-Pei-Fu
commands the military forces of the
Peking government.
Order Against Lu
The basis of the order against
Lu from Peking was that he had re-
volted and rallied around him out
lawed elements of the population
and that Chi had stood for the
greatest crimes which cannot be
tolerated under the laws of the
Chinese nation.
From South China reports were
received that DR.. Sun Vat Sen was
preparing to lend military support
to his friend, Lu. in defending
Shanghai. Entrance Of the Man
churian war lord, Chang Tso-Lin.
into the fray against the Peking
government. opens anew fight for
the control of the machinery Of
Chinese government which has been
in the hands Of Wu-Pei-Fu and his
associates for many months.
Awaiting Opportunity
Stung by humiliating defeat at
the hands Of Wu-Pei-Fu two years
ago when he attempted to invade
Chihili province, in which Peking is
located, Chang is known to have been
awaiting the present opportunity to
engage his old rival in battle again,
The situation is favorable to Chang.
as some of Wu's forces may be dis
patched to the Shanghai section to
aid the invading forces. This would
leave the country around Peking
without its normal military strength,
to offer defense against the troops
from Manchuria.