Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-25
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PEK|N IS ISOLATED
FROM THE WORLD

HUlHl I'LL RRUllLU
TIENTSIN, Oct. 23.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press. )--Portiohs of the
Eleventh division of the Chinese ma
tional army under command OF Feng
Yu Hsiang, the Christian general.
revolted at Pekin this morning,
seized the city's gates, cut all tele-
graph and telephone lines, and stop
ped all train service, according to
reliable information reaching here.
General F'eng and his army were
supposed to have been at JehoI
(Chengtehtm about 100 miles north.
west of Pekin, where they were sup
posed to stop an expected advance
from Muxden of the Manchurian
armies of Chang Tso-Lin, who is
making war on the central govern
ment at Pekin. Apparently General
Feng never progressed beyond the
great wall.
Whether General Feng is acting
Independently in the present revolt,
or with the collision of the Mukden
government, has not been learned
Rumors that General Feng was
not in sympathy with the Chihili
central government party have
been current, however, ever since
the outbreak of hostilities with
Manchuria.
SHANGHAI is MYSTIFIED:
HEARS REPORT OF REVOLT
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.-By the AS
ISOLATED Press. )-Pekin was sudden
ly completely cutoff from telegraph
ic communication will all outside
points this morning.
The announcement from Shanghai
of the cutting off Of Pekin from tele-
graphic communication follows close
ly advices in special dispatches from
Mukden that the forces of the Pekin
government have suffered serious
setbacks at the hands of the Muk-
den troops. An all-night battle,
launched by $4,000 Pekin troops, re-
suited in the Mukdenites turning the
left flank of the Pekin troops and
their pressing the right flank upon
prepared mine fields, the explosion
of which killed thousands.
The Pekin troops also were said
to have been defeated inside the
great wall and on the Jehol front.
AT o'clock tonight a Japanese
news agency received a message
from Tientsin reporting all foreign
military telephone and telegraph
communication out of Pekin cut
off after the return to Pekin of
General Feng at 6 o'clock this
morning with the eighth mixed
brigade of the Eleventh division.
General Fengs action in with
drawing his troops from the Man
churian Chihlian border, the mes
sage said, was brought about by a
desire on the part of the Christian
general to adopt the same attitude
as that shown by General Sun To,
commander of the fifteenth mixed
brigade, whose troops returned to
Pekin several days ago from the
northern front.
Later reports from Tientsin say
General Feng, entering Pekin with
a body guard, demanded that Presi-
dent Tsao Kun issue a mandate or
dering the suppression of General
WI Pei-F'u.
FENG REPORTED LEADER
IN OVERTHROW PLOT
TOXIC, Oct. 23-(By the Asso
ciated Press) Gen. Feng Yu-
Hsiang, commander of the Pekin
central government troops in their
defensive battles on the Chihlian
Manchuria border against the invad
ing forces OF General Chang Tso-Lin,
Manchuria leader, has conspired
against General WI Pei-Fu, military
head of the Pekin government, c.
cording to a dispatch received here
today from Tien-TSin.
The dispatch adds that General
Feng, who is known for his Chris
tan practices, has entered Peliin and
the situation is said to be grave.
300 LOOTERS ARE SHOT
AMID CANTON TURMOIL
CANTON, Oct. 23.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-Three hundred loot
ers shot, citizens fleeing from a city
of turmoil and disorder. all banks
and business houses closed and
troops still in control of the business
center of the city-this was the
scene Canton presented today in
the wake of disturbances which be-
gan when members of the mer
chants volunteer corps, the fascist
of China, battled in the streets here
with the so-called Red army of Chi
nese laboorers. The troops were on
duty today despite an order which
terminated martial law. Mayor Ii
Fu-Lum rendered his resignation yes
terday. His likely successor is Flu
Ping Shueng, 29-year-old graduate of
Hongkong university. Flu was for
| merly superintendent of customs at
Canton.
DR.. Sun Yat-Sen, who was in con-
troll of the government of south
China around Canton, has fled to
Shiukwan, leaving General Yang
Hsi-Min, commander-in-ch Of the
Yuananese forces, as the chief con-
testant for control OF Canton. Gen.
eral Yang has 5000 troops available
for service and General Ii Chai-Sam
OF the kwangSi forces has 1000.
Considerable alarm is felt in bust
ness and administrative circles here
owing to the threat of the troops to
seize the Canton customs house.
Cotton Trade Awaits