-Suiyuan is one of the sp% administrative areas along the northern borders of China proper, the other being Chahar with Kalgan as its capital, The capital of the Suiyuan area is the city' of Sui Tocated alongside the great bu: mart, Kuelhuacheng. Conimercially as well as, geographically. the di trict_is closely allied with' Shansi, as, Shansi capital and Shansi men} carry on the commerce of that region, Some months ago I predicted that, one purpose of Governor Yen's campaign against the Kuominchan would be to gain the Suiyuan district for Shan As oon as the Shansi troops were victorious. in that region General Shang Chen, the senior division commander inthe Shansi army, was appolitted Tutung.
General Shang is a native of, Chih Province, but has, seen long service in Shansi, He is an able and enlightened man and thorough-sympathetic with the practical political reforms that have been worked out in Shansi. The general and his wife were formerly pupils in English of the Rev. E. E. Aiken, now of Peking. General Shang while -in-Taiyuanfu was a generous friend and patron of the Y.M and of every other good cause. the month since he assumed office Suiyuan he has begun the thorough renovation and re-! organization of that district. If there are no hitches in his programme we should in a_ te months time see a replica of Shansi in Suiyua
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