General Wang Ping Said to Have Been Arrested Report were circulated on Sunday to the effect that General Wang Ping, who is said to have been. responsible for the defeat of Marshal Lu's troops at Sung-Kiang, was arrested and taken to the Arsenal. Dr. Loh was unable to confirm this report lest night, although he stated that such a report had reached him.
General Wang Ping is an elderman who had. been associated with Marshal Lu for many years; in Chinese circle it is said that he was Marshal Lu's toncher. Several times it had been suggested that he be replaced by more modern and capable generals, but Marshal Lu kept him at his post because of his age and' out of friendship. When the Kiangsu troops bean to attack Sungkiang, General Wang escaped to Shanghai, leaving no command over his troops, The sult was confusion and defeat.
When General Wang Ping came to Shanghai he stopped at a hotel in the Settlement, It is not known how he managed to get himself arrested in the Chinese city.
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