Evening star., 1924-10-13
SHANGHAI DEFENSE
ARMY ROUTED PACT
WITH PEK|NG MADE
Marines Guard U. S. Conces-
sion as Victorious Force
Marches Into City.
REVOLT RENDS RANKS
OF CHEKIANG TROOPS
Gems. Lu and Ho, Accused of Be-
traying Defenders, Flee
for Lives.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASsocia ted Press
SHANGHAI, October 13-Their de
feated armies, retreating in confusion
toward Shanghai, Gen. Lu Yung-
hsiang, military governor of Chekiang
province and his chief aide, Gen. Ho
Feng-ling, defense commissioner o,
Shanghai, today announced they had
signed an armistice with the invading
kiangsu forces representing the cen
trail government of China.
Gems. Lu and Eo, who have led the
defense forces fighting west and
south of Changhai for tho past six
weeks, today sought refuge in for
eign concessions, while d report was
in circulation here that they had been
bribed to betray their leaders.
While the Chekiang army was re-
treating toward the environs of
Shanghai today, every unit of foreign
defense forces in the city, including
United States marine and foreign
warships, was being drawn upon
along the boundaries of the foreign
attempts on the part of the kiangsu
troops to enter the concession.
Claim Fruits Uncertain.
The confusion in military quarters
incident to the signing of the armis-
tice made it impossible to weigh the
benefits to the central government
forces today. If the terms of the
armistice strip the Chekiang military
governor of his power, the result is
a victory for the central government,
which will now extend its jurisdic-
tion to the district surrounding Shang-
hal The Chekiang military governor,
opposed to the central government,
had been ruling Shanghai and
Chekiang province, without war
rant of any kind from Peking.
He was a holdover appointee from
an old Anfu party administration and
relied on his military strength to
back up his refusal to vacate office
The move to GUST him was started
August 81, when the kiangsu mill
tary governors forces, operating un-
der instructions from the central gov
ernment, attacked the Chekiang forces
near Quinsan, west of Shanghai.
The Chekiang forces We're torn
apart by a revolt in their own ranks
about two weeks ago. Until that
time they had repelled the attacks OF
the invading kiangsu troops and
were engaged in an encircling move
ment near Tai Lake, west Of Shanghai,
preparing to start rear attack
against the enemy. The revolt was
the beginning of the Chekiang de-
feat. Their forces cut off by traitors
in their own ranks, the Chekiang
troops narrowed their lines down to
a defense army south and west of
Shanghai but the kiangsu forces,
tasting victory, pounded away at the
southern front until they captured
the important town of Sungkiang, %
miles south of here, few days ago.
Wang Finds Refuge.
A hint of crushing defeat of the
Chekiang forces was contained in the
appearance here of Gen. Wang Ping,
defense commissioner of Sungkiang.
Gen. Wang presented himself at the
French concession last Friday night
and was disarmed by French police
before he entered.
Should the central government
forces be able to police the newly
acquired territory with a minimum
number of troops, the opportunity
will be presented to withdraw the
Kiangsu provincial forces to the
Chihlian -Manchurian border, where
the central government armies are
engaged in an intensive struggle
with the armies of Cen Chang Tso-
Lin, who is fighting for control of
the central government. Gen. Chang
is an ally of the defeated Chekiang
military governor.
At the Lungwha arsenal, head
quarters of the Chekiang forces,
small group of unarmed soldiers
awaited the arrival of Kiangsu and
F'ukien province troops to take over
the arsenal.
Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang. military gov
Eernor of Chekiang province, presided
at the conference, which resulted in
| the decision to surrender, and which
sent him to the international settle
ment here as a refugee. His chief
aide Gen. Ho Feng-ling, defense
commissioner of Shanghai, was not
present at the conference.
Gen. Chang Tse-pin, a Chekiang
field commander. walked out of the
meeting after vigorously opposinS
the proposal of his chief to surrende:.
Cen. Chang left for the Nansiang
sector this morning to join his forces,
then estimated at 1000.
Throughout the night workers in
the Chekiang forces removed val
liable contents from the Lungwa
quarters into the foreign settlement
at Shanghai, while their leaders scat
tered to unknown points of refuge.
Every waterway and road leading
into Shanghai today was packed with
refugees fleeing before the advancing
army OF the CONQueTlHS IOTCeS. Inc
refugees used vehicles and animals
of every description to aid in carry
| ing away their few belongings from
the conquered area.
Foreign Quarters barred.
The foreign settlements were in
| closed by heavy network of barbed
wire entanglementS today to prevent
the entry of unauthorized persons
seeking refuge. Every entrance was
guarded closely, but there was no
| evidence of disorder
The surrender of the Chekiang
| forces presents a new problem in the
! immediate choice of a successor to
Gen. Ho Feng-Ling, defense commits
| sioner of the Shanghai-Sung Kiang
district. The appointment is re-
garded as patronage at the disposal
of the conquerinG armies. Already
there are four candidates for the
| place. Two contenders are adherents
| of Gen. Chi Shieh Yuan, military gov
! ernor of Kiangsu province, and the
| other two have the support of Gen.
Sung Chuan- Fang, military governor
| of Fukien province, who is regarded
as a controlling force in the appoint
| ment.
A proclamation issued by the munich
pal council of the international settle
ment here today prohibits street as
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