The Omaha morning bee., 1924-10-15
Armed Men
Swarm Into
g
Leaders in Foreign Quarters
Concerned Lest Serious
Disorders Occur; No
Fixed Discipline.
Fresh Clashes Break Out

of Shanghai tonight were oyerrun
with armed soldiers, raising new con-
Germ in the minds of authorities OF
the foreign settlements lest some seri-
Gus disorder occur.
Arriving trains on the Shanghai.
Nanking railway tonight brought
LOO additional northern Hupeh prov
ince troops to reinforce those brought
here to hold the city for the central
Chinese government. In addition, the
Chekiang troops who had retreated
into the city after their unsuccessful
struggle to defend it, were said at 8
p. m. to total $500 Most of the SOL
diers are armed, and all of the Che
kiang men are without leaders or
fixed discipline.
Estimates were made tonight that
900 men who fiught for the
Chek ang cause have withdrawn into
Shanghai and the districts around
the city. Several companies. arriving
in groups. brought with them from
the fighting lines field sand mountain
artillery and their machine guns and
automatic pistols.
Fighting Breaks Out.
A number of wounded arriving late
today from the recent battle ground
to the west reported that renewed
clashes had broken out this afternoon
between the armed forces near Nam
slang, the old concentration point for
the Chekiang armies. There was con-
siderable firing, they said.
Ii was disclosed this evening that
coo troops. commanded by Chen Yao-
San, retreated the whole distance to
Chekiang headquarters at Lungwha
after the loss by the Chekiang forces
of the city of Sungk ang, through the
"eneircling" attack of the Kiangsu
allied forces. These 500 men were
the only troops at Lungwha. it was
declared, during the conference of
leaders that decided on the complete
surrender.
II was generally admitted in we'll
informed quarters tonight that Chen
was the general who insisted on the
issuance of the surrender announce
ment 1t was hinted that the presease
Of his troops constituted a sin ster
support for his demand.
These same troops were transferred
TODAY from Lungwha into block of
16 houses which had been prepared
for them. their commanding officer
saying that he was awaiting General
Chens further orders.
Repair Train Returns.
The repair train which today at
tempted TO reopen the Shanghai
Nanking railway. broken by the
lighting, returned tonight. Railway
officials -aboard reported that after
proceeding beyond Hwangtu, Is miles
from the north station. the train was
greeted with sharp rifle fire from
Kiangsu soldiers.
The train was stopped. and the Of
ficials tried to persuade the soldiers.
without avail, that the train was not
a military one, and that Its mission
was a peaceful one. Efforts to dis
pei the suspicious of the soldiers hav-
ing failed. the train was compelled to
return to Shanghai.
While the fighting here seems at an
end, reports continued to be received
today of fighting in the north. where
the central government has crossed
swords with Chang TsoLin, the Man
churian military dictator.
An Eastern News Agency report
dated Tientsin asserted that the
Manchu airplanes raiding the border
cities between Chill and Manchuria
had dropped four bombs in Chin.
wangtao one of which exploded in the
street in front of the quarters occu-
pied by Wu Pei-Fu, commander-in.
chief of the central government
armies.
The commander took warning, the
report stated. and at once took refuge
aboard a Chinese warship In Chin
wangtao harbor.