Eight Provinces Standing Together to Preserve Peace for Themselves: Hopeless Position in North Eight provinces in Central China have communicated with each other and have decided upon a unified! Policy with regard to the present situation vis-d-cis the coup d'état and the defeat of Marshal Wu Pei-fa, Kiangsu, Kiangsi, Anhui, Iueh, Shensi, Honan, Chekiang and Fokien, through their provincial governments, have determined to maintain the peace of the Yangtze Valley and Central China.
According to a report from Chen-Ju, these provinces have requested Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan to assume leadership and to act as their senior representative in dealing with matters of a common interest. It is too early to obtain a statement with regard to the intentions of the Yangtze Valley and Central China Tuchuns, but it is significant that they have already come to an understanding amongst themselves on the question of preserving the peace and protecting the territory of their
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