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...Tientsin an angry mob rushed the Paocheng mill. One Burton, U. S. manager with his wife and family, was forced to flee. The police first clubbed the irate Chinese with the butts of their rifles. This being ineffective, they fired low into the seething crowd, perforating many legs...
...Tientsin. Marshal Chang Tso-lin ("the strongest may in China"), whose temporary capital Tientsin is, released a number of troops for guard duty outside British buildings. No violence reported...
Chang Tso-lia, Super Tuchun of Manchuria, was expected to attack the capital from Tientsin, because he was greatly dissatisfied with the Chief Executive. With the ex-Emperor at Tientsin, the rumor of course spread that Tuchun Chang was engaged in engineering a Manchu restoration...
...kick" out of the letters of criticism and praise that are sent you by your readers, I'll add my little contribution. In your account of the Lincheng bandit outrage of May 6, 1923 (TIME, Mar. 2, 1925, Page 10) there were a few inaccuracies. It was the Tientsin-Pukow express and not the "Peking-Shanghai" express that was derailed. Not nearly 300 Chinese were carried off into captivity. Nearly 30 would be nearer the truth. And the 24 foreigners captured were not all taken to their impregnable lair. All of the women captives were released on the very...
...Harry" was ousted, last November (Time, Nov. 17), from the Forbidden City by General Feng, Chinese Christian Soldier. He obtained asylum in the Japanese Legation at Peking and, later, under Japanese escort, went to the Japanese Consulate at Tientsin, apparently the initial trip on the longer voyage to Japan. Japan, however, could do no more for fear of offending the Chinese Government, and informed "Harry," last week, of that fact...