Northern Position Strengthened by Enlistment of Szechuanese Peking, May 9.
Further light on the withdrawal of Gen. Wang Chen-ping's resigna-ion is given by the report that the Military Council informed Gen. Wang that it could not permit the transfer of a portion of the 23rd Division to Paotingfu, as there were already too many troops there. The Division, therefore, is to remain at Machan; The Government hi to Gen. Lu Chin-shan, Com-of the 8th (Hupeh)
in Szechuan, asking him into the relations of.
Generals Yang Sen and Liu Tsun-hou and furnish a report.
According to recent reports from Szechuan the position of the Northern forees there has been considerably strengthened several neutral or hostile bodies of Szechuanese coming over to their side, and Liu and Yang are now ce-operating satisfactorily Reuter's Pacific Service.
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