Evening star., 1925-11-26
CHANG IN MUKDEN,
F0RSAKEN BY AIDE
Manchurian War Lords Fate
Still in Doubt. But Power
Is CrumbIing.
By the Associated Press.

PEKING, November 26.-Although
the resumption of telegraphic COM
munication with Mukden today fail
ed to bring confirmation of reports of
the overthrow and imprisonment of
Marshal Chang Tso lin, the Man
churian dictator, it appears definitely
established that the power of the
!. .Manchurian chieftain Is crumbling.
Martial law prevails in Mukden, and
while Chang appears to be there and
still in command Of events in the city,
his chief lieutenant, Gen. Yang Yu
ting, former governor of Kiangsu, is
reported to have fed to Dairien. hav-
ing been held responsible for the driv
ing of the Manchurian forces back
from Shanghai and the Yangtse River
Deserted by Followers.
The crumbling of the Mukden lead
er's authority is said to be due to
disapproval by various factions among
his followers of Chang Tso-lin s desire
to extend his influence outside Man
churia and to fight for the retention
Of Shantung Province against the in
yaders pressing him from the south
and west, those of the Chekiang gov
ernor, Sun Chuan-fang, and the
Honan governor. Yueh Wei-chun, re-
spectively. His determination to make
this stand threatened to embroil him
with the christian general, Feng
Yu-hs,ang, who. from his headquar-
ters at Kalgan, has been watching
the development Of the situation.
Interpreted as Threat.
At this stage two of Chang's most
influential followers, Gen. Kuo Sung
lien. commander of the 10th Division,
and Gen. Ii Ching ling, civil governor
Of Chilli province, are understood to
have telegraphed Chang Tso-lin that
il he and Yang Yu-ting would retire
from leadership there would be a
chance for preserving the unity of the
Manchurian party. Otherwise. they
said, the responsibility for further de-
velopments must rest with Chang
and Yu.
This is interpreted as a threat that
Kuo and Ii would form an alliance
with one of Chang Tso-lin's opponents,
either Marshal WI Pei-fu, head of the
Yangtse alliance, or Feng Yu-hsiang.
kuo's plan is reported to have been
to replace Chang Tso-lin by the lat
terS young son, Chang Hsueh-L -Liang.
Receiving orders from Chang Tso-lin
den, kuo appears to have become
doubtful of his chiefs intentions con-
cerning him and decided to revolt.
Railway Believed Cut.
It is not likely that he is anywhere
near Mukden, since it is believed that
Manchurtan troops loyal to Chang
have cut the Peking Mukden Railway
above Peitaiho, 140 miles northeast
of Tientsin, to prevent the northward
movement of hostile forces. There
appears to have been fighting in that
region between various factions of the
Chang armies.
Two hundred tourists, mostly Amer
leans. who were landed from the
round-the-world liner Carinthia at
Chinwantao, arrived here today on a
special train, their journey from Chin
wangtao, on the coast northeast of
Tientsin. having been without Incl
dent. AT one point troops had torn
up the rails, but agreed to replace
them.
All three of the main lines running
out of Peking-the Peking Mukden
Railway to the north, the Tientsin-
Pukow Railway to the southeast and
the Peking- -Hankow Railway to the
southwest to have been cut.