The Archive · 1925

Under instructions from Marshal Wu Pei-fu, General

Hsiao Yao-nan has ut ample suppl of arms and munitions from the Hanyang Arsenal to General Yoh Wei-chun, Tupan of Honan, who is marching on Hsuchowfu to join General Sun Chuan-fang.

General Sun Chuan-fang ts making no attempt to govern Kiangsu, which is now without even a Civil Governor.

He is leaving the Government at Nanking in the general direction of General Chen Tiao-yuan who has declared himself subordinate to General Bei Bao-san. It is believed that if General Sun Chuan-fang enters Shantung province, Kiangsu will be left under the charge of General Bei Bao-shan. was received in Shanghai lo Chinese that u my has evacuated Pukou and torn up the section of the Tientsin-Pukou Railway line to the north of the port to prevent the advance of the Allied forces. Mi Sun Chuan-fang, the Com-

With the retreat of the Fengtien army to the northern side of the Yangtze and the amazingly rapid chase by the Allied Army under the personal command of Marshal threatened this part of the country has been avoided and if there is any fighting at all it will be in Central China, North Kiang-ssu, Shantung, Chihli and Anhui. expressed their allegiance to the Allied cause. The Anhui troops have been mobilized.

Marshal Sun has issued orders to his subordinates to stop making sary changes among local await his return from the front when he can per-

Tupan Fokien, arrived in Shanghai yesterday and will, it is understood, leave for the front to-day to join his chief, Marshal Sun. Gen. Chow's personal 12th Division has arrived in Chekiang and will soon be despatched to northern Kiangsu, Gen. Kung Chao-ting has been placed charge of military affairs in Pa-ien.

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