Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-12 | Page 2 | Sun Seeks to Wrest Canton from Victor

SUN SEEKS TO 1 WREST CANTON I FROM VICTOR Republican Leader Captures v- Forts and Waits for Troops to Help V " CANTON. July 11. (By The Awn- cialcd Press.) Their way paved by bombardment from Sun Ynt Ben , warships. Sun Vat Sen's forces today Y occupied without opposition the ',' Macou forts, two ml lea down the v eBl river from the cily Yip Ku-. com-mandlng com-mandlng the forces of Shen Chluncc MinC Which wrested Canton from Sun, is Inactive, and his men are eon-tent eon-tent with patrol Una Canton without Riving indication of attempts to rapture rap-ture Sun or annihilate his force.-!, while Chen hlmejel! holda aloof from the contest, remainin in seclusion u Walehow. 30 miles from 'union. SHIES IT HOR Sun Yat Sen's seven nhips are anchored an-chored in front of the foreign settlement settle-ment of Shameen. Three cruisers down the river from the foreign settlement, set-tlement, are commanded by officer:- In Rympath with Chen. though Sun claims that the crews of these three warships are loyal to him. Forces of Sun and Chen have met near YVu Chow. 120 mile" west and slightly north of Canton In the province prov-ince of Kwang Si. waits roil troops Sun hourly awaits the arrival of reinforcements from the north, h states, and on their arrival will take the Initiative in the hope Of recovering recover-ing possesion of Canton A strike of workers at the electric light plant has been called and a rm-ral rm-ral strike of laborer? is threatened moves which Sun maintains are evidences evi-dences of discontent with Yip Jne's dominance in Canton. 00