A Kokusai despatch from Mukden states that as frost-bite is causing much suffering among the rival armies outside Mukden General Kuo, brigade commander of General Kuo Sung-ling's advance guard, telephoned to General Wu, brigade commander of the Mukden Armsy, suggesting an armistice, to which according to the report, the latter brigades with General Wu Chan. sheng's cavalry regiment main force, is stationed in Taimintun; and the centre, which includes powerful artillery under the command of General Chang Hsueh-liang, is posted on the left bank of the Liacho River.
Marshal Chang's troops have thiss completed their preparations for fighting and are expected to open action shortly.
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