Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-25
WAR LORDS RIVAL
REPORTEDSL
Kuo Sung-Lin Executed After
Capture by Chang, Dis
patch Says.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 25-Dispatches
to the Kokusai News Agency and
vernacular newspapers from Mukden
state that Gen. kuo Sung.Lin, whose
army was defeated yesterday by that
OF Marshal Chang Tso-lin, was shot
and killed today by order of Chang.
Earlier dispatches said that kuo
and his wife had been captured by
Changes cavalry.
PEkING, December % R1.-Mar.
shall F'eng 9u-Hsiang's long fight for
complete mastery of Chill Province
moved near a successful termination
yesterday when his troops entered
T1entsin. the great port and COM
mercial center of North China, hav-
ing brushed aside the last barrier, the
army Of Gen. Ii Ching-Ling, civil
governor of the province
Gen. Ii. named to his post by
Chang Tso-Lin last year, when the
Manchurian dictator was also ruler
over most of North China below the
Great Wall. IS reported to be a refu-
gee IN the Japanese concession of
Ilents1n, with his staff His soldiers.
beaten and In scattered retreat, have
neen lootlng and spreading terror in
the Chinese part of the city.
Foreign Section Guarded.
Foreign troops and volunteers,
guarding the entrances to the feoreign
concessions, stand ready to prevent
the spread of war and lawlessness to
those districts of the city where thou
sands Of Americans, Britishers, jap
anese and other non-Chtnese residents
1--WE and own business and industrial
properties worth millions Of dollars.
The garrisons of Tientsin include
one battalion of American infantry.
The last phase of the battle for
Iientsin was brief but sanguinary.
The killed and wounded numbered
thousands. Recoiling Monday from a
repulse by LIS defending forces, Feng
sent his men into a new and heavier
assault on Tuesday that ended with
the capture of the city.
Made Desperate Stand.
,Tarly yesterday it was reported that
Lii v, IS making a last desperate stand.
counte- attacking with such yigor that
his men .rogressed miles in the d.
rection Of "ehtsang, 10 miles north
west of Tier. Sin. The success was
only temporary, however, and a re-
neyal of Feng's attack broke the ba ck
of the resistance.
Feng has appointed Sun Yueh, form
erly one Of his division comma nders.
civil governor of Chilli in Lis place.
The fall of Tientsin marks the end
OF Feng Yu-Hsiang's drive for Tient-
sin, which began a month ago and en-.
tered its final phase last week. AL
though this campaign really opened
with the collapse of Chang Tso-Lin's
strength south of the great wall in
late November, it Is not to he CON.
fused with the battle, 500 miles awav.
near Mukden, in which Chang is fight
ing for the remnants of his political
power.
Significance of Feng.
When the revolt against Chang
came, Gen. Ii Ching Ling wayered in.
dicating at first he would ioin If
Later, influenced by knowledge that
Feng would eliminate him regardless
of which side he took, he defied Fenp
already master of Picking and ali
Chihh except the area of Tientsin, and
prepared to defend himself in the lat.
ter city.
Maneuvering of the armies occupied
the first week of December. Feng
moved his kuominchun nationaI peo-
pies army down the railroad from
Peking, approaching Tientsin from the
northwest. His ally, the Governor of
aonan, moved from the south and
southwest. Soon the rival armies
were reported In contact on FIVE
fronts. Ii won several local successes,
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