Was Conferring with Marshals Chang Tso-lin and Lu Yung-hsiang Tt_appears that two bri of General Feng's troops wace placed at the disposal of General Wang Chen-ping on November 1 when it was decided that he should proceed from Peking to Tientsin, Before General Wang's arrival these troops returned to Peking on the advice of Marshal Tuan Chol, TI was then arranged that General Wang should resume command of the Tientsin, Nov. 12, 28rd Division, of which only one On the ground that General Feng|! battalion remained, General Li Yuchsiang arbitrarily: organized the aod and dth Mixed Brigades of his troops with arms. which hel] secured by disarming the defeuted|] Ghibli troops, General Li Ching-lin, Commander-in-Chief of the Second|] Hengtien Army, without any pre-|] vious natica, the night before Inst, suddenly disarmed General Feng's troops stationed at Peitsang, takings the view that the said arms should naturally fall into the hands of the Fengtien troops, because, General Li avers, they belonged' to those: Chihli forces which were defeated by the Fengtien troops as a result fighting that took place in. the district to the west of Luanchow Ju these circumstances, since as night, there have been circulated various rumours about General Feng 'Vu-hsiang, some saying that he must have been' arrested and taken int" custody by General Li Ching-troops, while others he had fled by motor:
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