May 25.
I am told by a gentleman whose sympathies ara strongly with the south that a secret telegram from Hangchow has been received by some one living hers, saying that "Hengchow has been taken by the northerners." I presume that the fact which lies at the base of such a statement would be that the pro-Vineial governor's plans for replacing the men of the 3rd Division by men of the 7th (and possibly the 11th) have been carried out without the hindrance which the pro-Southerners looked forward to hearing about, May 97.
General Wu Pei-fu arrived here this morning having spent last night at Siangtan. The governor called on him about 11 a.m. From early morning the whole route from the governor's residence to the river bank was barred to ordinary traffic, It is rumoured that the southerners have taken over city of Kiyang which was General Wu's most advanced line on his southern front. The city lies between Keng. chow and Yungchowtu.
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