No Big Offensive Before The Spring Mukden, Dee.
In well-informed circles here it is understood that no big. offensive against. the Cantonese is contem-Plated before the spring. While present plans provide for the movement of the An Kuo Chun southwards to hold the Southern armies, it is not expected that this will lead to serious fighting. The Northerners, it is said, will simply take up the' positions to which the respeearmies have been assigned and remain on the defensive until such time as it is deemed opportune} to. advance.
The Kirin army, which is stated to be 30,000 strong, has received orders to mobilize" and proceed southwards to take up a position at Shanheikuan, Ax no application bag been made so far to the South Manchurian Railway for transportation may be presumed that the move-rent of this army has not yet commenced.
According to Chinese reports the Allied army in the West has. recaptured Paotou from the Kuomin
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