The "war" situation remains stationary." Locally' recruiting ofoes have hech closed and some Chekiang, troops are being withdrawn tol Shanghai from Nanking and. the fighting front.
Troop movements include the transfer of the 2nd Chekiang Brigade to Sungkiang from Lunghua and the arrival of two battalions from Nanking, Other companies are expected tom return to. Shanghai to-day and to-morrow, Gen. Li Chun-yi, commander of the 2nd Allied Army, has also gone to Sungkiang to make preparations for the protection of the cits In compliance with reprosentations from the Shanghai Chinese General and City Chamber of Gommerce, Gen. Yen Chun-yang, the martial law commander, has consented to shorten the hours of) martial law by strictly enforcing it from 1 am. to 6 am, when absolutely no persons will be po riitted to pas without the special three weeks? recruiting offices closed their doors. They recruited some 400 men who are being given four hours' drill daily on the drill grounds at Lunghus, After their Period of training, they will formally be organized and despatched to the front.
Upon receipt of instructions that certain Major Cheng Jui-feng was acting illegally, detectives were despatched to his house by the Ché- kiang military people, who are said to have arrested him near Wat containing military was sent to Hangchow for trial Marshal Feng Yuchsieng is rerorted now to have 132,000 troops of his own.
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