The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Russian White Guards
Captured in Fighting
Raging About Picking
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ers the assault upon the capital may
be delayed. Meanwhile the Kuomin-
chun is digging in and Lu Chung-lin,
who is in charge OF the defense, an
nounces that Picking win b held to
the bitter end.
$4,000 DIsbursed.
The foreign customs oficials here
have ordered the payment of $780,
900 out Of funds on hand to Presi-
dent Tuan Chi Jul for distribution to
the police, seamen and other municipal
employees who have received no pay
for months. The move was made not
only to head of the dangerous dis
satisfaction among these workers. but
also to make them realize their de-
tendency on the traitorous chief exc
cutive who is daily becoming more
unpopular.
Student Demonstrations Continue.
Student demonstrations still con-
tinue. Leaflets and other literature
are being widely distributed, demand
ing that Tuan Chi Jul resign or be
dismissed and pure nationalist gov
eminent instituted. The Chinese are
also urged to rally for the defense of
the capital.
Tientsin Unsettled.
TIENTSIN, March 31.-The eitua-
ton here is still very unsettled. Mean
while the new troop leaders are threat
ening to shoot merchants refusing to
pay arbitrary tax assessments for the
war on Picking. The chamber Of COM
merce has suspended operations.
Many Of the local police force are on
strike and heavy military guard is
maintained on all the principal streets.
II chlns-Iing Selected.
At a conference several days ago
between Chang Tso Lin, General LII
Ching1ling, the former civil governor
of Chilli province, and General Chang
Tsungchang, the governor Of Shan
tung province, it was decided that LII
Ching-ling should be in charge of the
assault upon Picking. II he captures
the city and drives out the national
lists, he is to be made commandant
of the capital. Chang Tsung-chang is
then to become the military governor
Of Chilli to succeed Ii Ching-ling.
Whether the plan will be carried out
is not at all certain. Ii Ching-lins,
who had already appointed his chief
subordinate generals to the posts of
civil and military governors, res
pectively, Of Chilli, is to dismiss them,
according to this agreement. He has
not yet done so, and no one knows
If he will.
Temporarily End Strike.
SHANGHAI, March 31-The student
strike in the ten Chinese colleges
here has been temporarily ended.
Interior China Stirred.
SINANFU, China, March 31.-The
students OF this city held a Lenin
celebration In the course of which
they marched to the governors resi-
dence and demanded that he publicly
declare himself as opposed to foreign
domination and to the missionaries.
He refused and summoned troops TO
drive out the demonstrators.
Powers Present New Demands.
PEkING, March 81. - A demand
that the Chinese armies fight not less
than three miles from the walls OF
Picking was made today upon both
the leaders OF the national army and
the attacking forces commanded by
Flung Tien by the council of repres-
entatives Of foreign powers in China.
The demand was made in the in.
terest OF the foreign residents of
Picking whose lives, II is believed,
would be endangered II the fighting
came any closer to the city.