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Show PEKIN LEADER DEMANDS AMOY BE EVACUATED , ,, , A MOT, China, Aug. IS By A. F.) -General Ong, commanding an army of Pekln troopa at flhlhma, eight mites northwest of Amoy, delivered de-livered at It'll a. nr. today, an ultl-tura ultl-tura to Cheng -Tse-Ping, the eeetem slly of Bun Y st -Hen. saying that Amoy must be vacnatd wtthia forty-sight hours. ' . Oensrsl Ong renewed his offer to enllet Chang's Amoy troope In the northern army, paying them arresre in wsges. A an alternative, Ong eurgested thst the soldlsrs hs paid their hark salaries, plus a bonus of $B ach. and he sent to then- homes (mi added that If Chang refused. Amoy would be attacked by land forces, sided by four gunboat now st Hwstow, one. the Haichl, the largest a-unboat In ' ths Chinese aavy. ' ' Chang la aspoeted to evacuata. |