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Show Battles Being Waged Along Three Wide Fronts In Chinese Civil War Japan Is Accused of Furnishing Soldier to Aid General Lin j in Hit Efforts to Capture the Capital City; Artillery Fire Is Feature of Actions L TIKNT8IN, China. May 1 (Dy IT, T ! nettles In China's civil war rsed along three wide (ronta today. ! I'ekln la under martial law and ! Americana there axe reported to have: sent a hurried call to Washington for a warship to coma to China. The forcea of Chans Tao Lin, Man-rhurlan Man-rhurlan leader, whoee march on tha northern capital precipitated tha present pres-ent warfare, won a great victory at Ma Chang, taklnit hundreda of prisoners, pris-oners, according to Chang's own communique. com-munique. Thla waa confirmed by wounded arriving here. Charges by Cleneral Wu Pel FuJ who hen Inlerpoaed hla forcea from i' central China between I'ekln and the Invader, that Chang Tao Lln'i cru-aaile cru-aaile la backed by Japan, wera partly confirmed by Juatln Hrandt, an Amar- j Iran hualneea man, who arrived at Hhanghal after traveling with tha! Manchurlan troopa on tha Pekln-lduk-den railway. Hrandt declared Japan la giving per- aonal aa well aa moral aupport to Chang Tao I,ln. Ha declared ha I traced train loads of anldlera dreaaed , j aa Chlneae, but apeaklnc Japaneee. Tide of Battle iNeart Pekin PEKIN. May 1 (By A. P.) The bat-tie bat-tie for the poyiaeaalon of Pekin waa atlll ! continuing today, with the advantage apparently going to the forcee of Oen-jeral Oen-jeral Wu Pel Ku, driving toward the capital from the aouth. Martial law prevail. In the city. Advices from the center of tha flght- . Ing. twclvi) mllea eouthweat of the city, were, that Oeneral Wu waa forc- , Ing the aoldlrra of tleneral Chang Tao. I'ln from Chnngalntten. and the tide of battle waa rolling eaatward toward the eouthern walla of Pekin. Heavy gunfire broke out to tha eaat of Changalntlea at o'clock laat night, continuing Intermittently all night. Artillery firing In the aector aonth of Pekin became more Intenae toward mlilnlght ar.i' a email part of Oeneral Chang Tao-Lln'a army retreated toward the aomhweet walla of Pekin. (leneral Wu Pel-Ku'a forcea appeared to be developing their flanking move- I ment on Chang', right wing, while thai Intter'a troopa wera defending the Marco Polo bridge acroea the Hun river j commanding the approach to Pekin. Obaervere reported that Chang had laeven batterlea of three gune each, firing fir-ing almultaneoualy, with trenchea over the hllla along the river 100 yard apart. Tleneral Wu haa gone from I'aotlngfu. hla headquarter., to I.lullho to take charge of tbe drive on Pekin. j Hla forcea are ualng ahrapnel and machine ma-chine guna. ; (Mullho la on the Pekln-Hankow I railway, about thirty-five mllea aouth of Pekin and twenty mllea aouth of ChuriKaintlen. on which Oeneral Chang Tan-I.ln'a right wing reate.) Wu Pel Ku'a army thla afternoon hml arrived at a point on the rall-rmwl rall-rmwl between Pekin and Tlentaln. Purt of Wu Pel Fu'e army waa reported re-ported marching acroea tha country to attack Hhang Tao Lin aouth of Tien- , tain. -4 aTaf TRAFFIC BLOCKED. Omrral Chang Tao Un Is personally personal-ly occupying a special train at Chung-llnngf Chung-llnngf hen, midway between Tlentaln -und Taku. Traffic between Pekin and th sfo, consequently, haa been Mocked The Portuguese minister here, who Is dean of the diplomatic corps, filed a protest asserting that this was a violation of the 1 vOl protocol. He said unless the tine was opened Immediately, Im-mediately, the allies would be compelled com-pelled to guard the railroad. (The protocol provides for uninterrupted truffle between l'ekln and Hhanhai-kunn. Hhanhai-kunn. which Is the Northeast terminus of the great wall,. Fighting around Tekln haa diminished dimin-ished as a result of the retirement of Chung Tso I. In s army from the Immediate Im-mediate vicinity. Chinese Inhabitants snld today the wounded ' and dead i found outside the walls of the city 1n- diluted the fiercest fighting that has tak'-n plare In recent history, j Wu Pel Fu'e plan Is thought to he to i drive the Manchurlan general toward Tientsin. Thre Chinese cruisers are reports' report-s' to have arrived at Hhanhalkuan, aiming to cut off Chang Tso Lln'i roar. The powers represented here sre watching events closely. A French gunhoat and a Brit Ish gunltoat have arrlerd off Tcku and an Italian gunhoat gun-hoat Is expected. Marines Will Guard Legations IyONIKJN, May 1 Orest Britain, France nnd Holland are expected to follow the example of the .I'nited Htales In sendlog marines to rein force Its legation guard In Pekin. ac-cording ac-cording to the Iaily Telegraph'a diplomatic diplo-matic correspondent. He adds that, should the situation become dangerous, danger-ous, further contingents .might b drawn from Hong Kong. Trench Indochina Indo-china and the Dutch Kast Indlea. Attempt Is Made Upon Fu's Life LONDON. May 1 (By A. V. An attempt to assaaslnat. Genera) Wu Pel Pu, leader of the central Chines, forcea. waa made laat Saturday, aays a l'ekln dlspa.u h to -tha Uvanlng New. today, which uld th. report had not been confirmed. Th. general waa slightly wans ill and hla assailant captured and executed, tha' diapatch said. ' ' aV |
