Evening star., 1924-09-23
CHANG ADVANCING
WITH 1SO,o)OM MEN
Early Clash With ChihIi
Troops of WI Forecast.
so Soldiers Executed.
BY WILLIAM II. GILES.

| By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
MUKDEN, September % (Via
Shanghai).-Gen. Chang TSo-Lin' 8
Manchurian army now moving upon
Peking consists Of approximately
10000 men divided into three divi-
sions. Comprising the divisions are
u mixed brigades and four cavalry
! brigades, Two of the divisions con-
sisting of IL brigades, two cavalry
brigades and four artillery regiments
will be under the direct command
of Chang Tso-Lin himself. when he
| finally moves to the front.
The approximate location of the
Manchurian forces at present indi-
| Gates an early clash with Chilli
troops of Gen. WI Pei-Fu. The 27th
and 1st divisions are at Chinchow
and Kuangning in expectation OF the
first Chilli attack there. WI Pei
Fu's forces are reported moving to-
ward that locality from Chaoyang.
Scattered on Wide Front.
TIE rest of Gen. Changs forces
are scattered over wide battle
front, the 18th brigade being at Shan
haikwan. the 4th brigade at Ming
yuan, the 18th brigade at Hsinminfu
and the 14th brigade at Chingwu.
The first brigade and the first
cavalry brigade are stationed to
meet attacks from the direction of
KaeIu and Chifeng. Three other
mixed brigades and one cavalry
brigade, hitherto stationed at Muk-
den. now are being moved to the front
while the 3rd, 25th and 7th brigades
are reported advancing their present
lines.
kiriD troops, which will act as
reserves, are already marshaled here
for quick dispatch to any part of
the front.
AS a preliminary to his march on
Peking, Chang Tso-Lin has sent cir
cular kilograms to all provinces in
China giving his reasons for moving
upon Peking, and requesting all
Chinese to join him against the
Chilli forces.
Sixty Soldiers Executed.
Sixty Kirin soldiers, forming part
of the reserve forces stationed here,
were executed Tuesday morning as
result Of rioting and looting Monday
night. The rioters broke into BROTH
els and theaters creating a panic.
Two companies of troops from Gen.
Chang's personal bodyguard quickly
quelled the disturbance and arrested
the trouble makers.
Because of the withdrawal of the
Kirin soldiers from their own dis
tricts bandits are reported robbing
and looting at will and thousands of
country people are focking into
Mukden.
Although Gen. Chang's army is ex-
cellently equipped and has a plenti-
full supply of both arms and ammu-
nltion' its money organization is very
weak. This weakness, it is believed
may be the cause of Chang's DOWN
fall His general staff, also. is old
fashioned and incapable of handling
so large force of men.
Has Russian Troops.
A number of former Russian gen
erals are in the Manchurian war
lords army, but he is not using them
in important positions. Many for
mer Russian soldiers also are being
recruited for his army. His aerial
forces include several Russian avia-
tors who saw service in the World
War.
proper organization, Gen. Chang. with
his 10000 troops, could easily win
over the Chilli forces which will op-
pose him, but his lack of these neces-
stiles of successful warfare causes
doubt His preliminary successes,
however. have placed him in good
strategic positions and have heart
ened his troops.
Chang is in the peculiar position of
being popular here with business
men, and at the same time having