New Britain herald., 1930-09-22
ADVENTURER TAKES
 CONTROL IN CHILLI
30 Year Old Warrior Springs
 Surprise in Campaign


 Peiping, China, Sept 22 Ps-A 30 year old adventurer, son of one of Chinas widely known warriors, up- set the political applecart today and stage managed a situation from which observers predicted he would emerge the greatest profiteer.
 The new youthful figure in the blood soaked Chinese arena is Chang Hsueh-Liang, son of the old Man. churian war lord, Chang Tso Lin, and himself now governor of Man churia. protesting loyalty to Nanking and the Nationalist government there but with his sympathies actu- ally in doubt.
 Oyerrun ChihIi Province Pressing southward from Man churia yesterday. 10000 of his troops overran sections of Chihli province, containing this ancient capital. and occupied Tientsin, im- portant port where great percent age of northern Chinese customs are | collected.
 As the troops entered Tientsin, | several thousand Shansi troops of Yen Hsi-Shan, head of the northern coalition which has set up a govern ment in northern China in opposition to Nanking, left the city for the Shansi fastnesses. They were not at- tackled by the new arrivals.
 At Ranking officials professed to hail the action of Chang with jubil- ation, calling him the saviour of the newly born Chinese state, but there were reasons to believe they were puzzled at the Mukden governor s actions, and not quite sure as to which course he would take. In many quarters open dougt was expressed that Chang, who for six months, while protesting loyalty to Ranking had remained in Man churia without rendering aid to President Chiang Kai Shek in his | efforts to put down the northern coalition rebellion, has any intention now of practically reversing his old policy and rendering active aid to Ranking.
 The departure of the Shansi troops of Yen toward Shansi without any interference from Chang was held to support this theory. The troops thus departing, Tsientsin will be ready for a new offensive against Ranking with the coming of spring, whereas remaining in northeastern China they were threatened with a decisive cleanup campaign by Chaing Kai Shek which probably would have eliminated most of them from further fighting.
 Real Stand Uncertain
 It was felt that perhaps the cue as to Chang's real sympathies will come with his attitude toward the Tientsin maritime customs, which Yen, through Bertram Lennox Simp- son, English novelist. as commis- sioner, has been collecting and di- verting to his own uses.
 Notices posted Sunday in Tient- sin by the Manchurian officials said that these customs would be taken over today by the recognized Nan king officials. Bertram LennoX Simp- son, however, said he would not made no immediate move to evacu- ate his quarters. Nanking can find many uses for the Tientsin customs collections if Chang will allow them to be sent to that city.
 The occupation of 'Tientsin was gradually took over the municipal and other offices and were expected almost immediately to assume con- trol of the telegraph and telephone lines and other utilities.
 Approach of Manchurian troops to Peiping recalled to residents here the day, almost exactly 27 months ago, when Chang's father, Chang Tso Lin, marched out of Peiping with his troops and retreated to Manchuria, leaving the old northern capital to the advancing victorious southern army With it's allegiance to Ranking.
 Chang Tso Lin's life after leave taking then was of brief duration. | His son, Hsuer-Liang, assumed the governorhip of Manchuria after his assassination, and after months of doubt, Nanking flags appeared at Mukden. There followed the trou- ble with Soviet Russia over the Chinese Eastern railway, during which Ranking rendered Chang scme aid.
 Talks About Loyalty
 During the last six months, how ever, while Ranking has been en- gagged in a life and death battle with troops of Yen Hsshan and the northern coalition, Chang has sat peacefully at Mukden, and while talking often of his loyalty, made no move to help.
 His father frequently in decades past profited from such situations as these. using the occasion to go far south of the great wall and oc- cupy profitable territories.