Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 1 | Marines Are Landed at Shanghai

MARINES ARE lANDED AT SHANGHAI Presence of Guards From Warships Warr Warships War War- r ships in Harbor Reassures Foreigners and Chinese Noncombatants in Revolt WU SUNG FORTS JOIN STANDARD OF REBELLION REBELLIONS Volunteer American and British British British Brit Brit- ish Force Guarding Roads to Sing Ku-Sing Where Thousands of For Foreigners Find Refuge S July J ly The Th 26 The The- landing ladin J of sailors from the foreign warships war war- i ships at this city today has greatly relieved relio the foreigners io and better beUer class of Chinese and the country people are aro bc beginning to return to their homes The country districts around Shanghai present nt an aspect of desolation deso deso- lation Villages have o been burned and crops ruined Rotting Hotting corpses aro are lying hying everywhere Philanthropic organizations are caring for tho the refugees thousands of whom are still camping in the streets of 01 this city The forces manning the W Wu Wit u Sung forts went over oyer to the government yesterday but on the s same evening they rejoined the standard of tho the re- re hellion The commanding general fled and the troops to the time number of or all of whom are strongly I elected ejected a new leader lender who vh j I in I Ithe declares he be will not participate the time fighting until attacked i iA A special train is being being- kept In readiness to remove r foreigners from Sung Wu-Sung should th the situation make maite such a 3 course advisable All was quiet about the arsenal here today Time The bombardment which It re ra- ra Continued on Page 7 Col 1 1 j 7 MARINES PLACED ON I GUARD IN SHANGHAI i- i I. I Wu Sung Forts Join Standard I of Rebellion Rebellion Foreigners Foreigners I Flee to Mountains Continued From page 1 I. cel c l from the ff government v H forces effectively havo c v yesterday to the rebels Tho The bulk of or them thorn thorna In the tho nel neighborhood are aro concentrated neighborhood a f of or Chapal to the tho north o a of Shanghai propositions ar arc aro und under r discus discus- Peace Pel slon sJon here hero between the tho two parties Dr Chinese minI minister min mm- Pu Ting Fans Fon formerly i ister to tho the United States Is Js the tho most I the tho Intermediaries pr prominent among t I but It ft Is doubted here hore whether hether ho I Ir Is t authorized b by Provisional President r Yuan Shi Kah Kal Trouble Feared nt at July 26 The Tho Tho city of at Nan Nan- king has been beon denuded of or troops Only enough soldiers rs to maintain order I have been left Foreign residents here fear tear trouble from tho the of or coolies who have been thrown out of or work The Su-Chow Su Fu reb rebels ls retreated to toI I the tho Huai river where the they have extended ex e- e- e tended their front for Cor a lL distance of ot several miles mUes to meet the north northern rn arm army advancing from Crom tho province of N an HweL Northern troops toda today fired upon the Imperial customs steamer on tho the Y Yang ng Tso Tse Kiang Klang at nt Chin Ching Klang Kiang forty tort miles ast cast of ot r Seventy Sev Sev- ent enty shots struck the vessel but no noone ono one was wounded The British gunboat Woodcock es escorted escorted es- es tho up tho the river an and de demanded demanded de- de that the commander of or tho the government t forces explain lie He apologized apolo apolo- giz d profusely and said Bald that tho the attack attack attack at at- tack on the river steamer w was Wt a 0 mis mis- take Japanese Iu Fu Chow China 26 The Tho Tho defeat of at tho southern revolutionary troops at Shanghai seems m to have hao dampened tho the ardor of or the tho p people ope of oC the province of or Fu Kien Ilen who sympathize strongly with the rebel movement but now no teem eem inclined to remain passive c unless ss the southerners a achieve hl e an Important success When some sorno of or the military were t withdrawn from Crom this city on Sunda Sunday a f. f detachment of Japanese marines was ordered ashore In the foreign colonies hero here the general opinion prevailed that r the landing of oC the marines was unnecessary elsar essary A strict censorship has been imposed on outgoing telegrams as well as ason on on the newspapers Many Ian of or tho Christian missionaries have been recalled from the Inferior districts owing to the possibility of oC outbreaks Appeal for ow China July 26 Urgent G-Urgent Urgent appeals were received today from Crom tho the foreign rc residents in m Ku Ling Ling- for a naval guard There aro are over 2000 of or them there mostly and chil dren The authorities have e not yet ct taken any action The northern forces according to a dispatch from front Klou Klang Kiang started a general advance yesterday and tho the rebIs rebIS rebels reb reb- els Is retreated before them In confusion A column of oC northern soldiers crossed tho Yang Ts Kiang Klang and captured Oliphant Oliphant Oli- Oli stand stanl from which position the they began beg shelling the tho Pu Kow forts