The Peking "Jih Pao" and other vernacular newspapers state that Generals Hsu Shu-tseng and Ting Shu-yuan, travelling to Mongolia aeroplane, were shot down by General Wang "Ting-chen's men with an anti-aircraft gun in the Nankow Pass. The reports adds that both were captured. No confirmation of the this report can yet be obtained, Jb is reported that Chu-Sen, the Minister of Justice, and General Wang Shih-tung, the Chief of the General Staff of the North West Frontier Defence force, were arrested in Peking yesterday.
A mandate is expected to be issued _shertly, appointing General Tsao Kun's nominee, Chow Weihsien, Director of the Peking-Hankow Railway. ters.
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