By order of Marshal Tuan, it is! considered necessary to assign certain areas to troops for defensive purposes. A plan has been prepared to assign the Metropolitan, District to Marshal Feng Yujong's forces, all districts north of, the Yellow River up to Paoting to General Sun Yo's troops, all districts south of the Yellow River to Gen. Hu Chin-yi's men, and the 20 task of guarding the Peking-Mukden and the Tientsin-Pukou Railways to the Fengtien Army.
Chinese Chambers on the Situation The Chinese General Chamber and the. Nantao District Chamber, of Commerce jointly sent off two telegrams on Sunday, one addressed to the Tuchun's Yamen at Nanking for delivery to Wu Pei-fu and the lather to Marshal Chi. In the former} telegram, the two Chambers point jour the already tremendous losses and suffering caused the people the local conflict and the war; the north, and appeal to Wu's sense "of fairplay "to cease further hostile actions, especially as tite majority of the people are supporting Marshal Tuan Chi-Jul in his effort to unify the country by peaceful means. They also draw the Marshal's attention to the fact that the Yangtze provinces ace mong the richest and most valuable of the whole country." In their message to Marshal Chi, the first part is the same as the telegram to Wu, and the Chambers, after telling him that the majority of the provinces in the Southwest as well the Northeast are pledging their allegiance to Marshal Tuan, iinstto Geclere his future polley at once in order to avoid further fightting in the central part of the Yang-
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