The Japanese Consul-General at Chungking reports that he arranged to meet Gen. Tang Hsi-mou, the commander of the retreating Szechuan First Army. at Kikiang with the object of negotiating for the relose of the chief engineer and the first officer of the Yiyang Maru, but Gen. Tang swung to the north when the so-called Szechuan neutral force advanced on Kikiang from Luchow, after which Gen. Tang passed Kiangtsin and on December 24was approaching Luchang. Thus the twp officers are still in Gen, Tang's hands.—Reuter.
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