tion makes it difficult to determin. the precise extent to which Marahal Chang Tso-lin's position has been. affected by the advance of the Nationalists up the Tientsin-Pukow. Tine, but, according to such sources of information as are available here, it would appear on the whol: that' the Marshal's hold on North China has not yet been seriously Reports crediting General Tang Song-chi with important successes in Honan are treated with reserve here. Fengtien headquarters report that, the Fengtien advance continue: southward of Chumatien and that, Marshal Feng: Yu-hsiang has been pushed: back to the, western extrem Reuter. mity of the Lunghai Railway—
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