Interview with Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan's Chief of Staff on War Outlook Nanking, Sept. 8, According to General Liu Vu-k'o, Chief of Staff to Marshal Eh Hsieh-yuan, General Lu Yung: hsiang has less than 20,000 men on} ut upon which fighting has aken out with virtually no which he can spare from other quarters; while the Chili armies already have 50,000 men on the front extending from Livho to the Taihu and have supporting units on the way from Hupeh, Honan and Poking, all of whom will be thrown into the line upon which General Lu chose to open the fight. In addition to these the Chief of of, ina statement to the writer Tost ight, said tha armies are moving upon the Anhui, Kiangsi and Fukien fronts which' will completely encircle General Lu, divert attention, unless he is complete-is in the Shanghai district, and eventually out off his retreat Expected Reinforcements, be advancing upon the border in force. It will, however, take them something less than two weeks to get into Chekiang because of the difficult roads and we hope that it will be all over by then."
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