king Government Hankow, Dee. 28, 'The arrival to-day of General Pel Chung-hsi with a bodyguard of several hundred well-armed troops from Shanghai is causing much speculation here, It is commonly, reported that he has broken with' the Nanking Government, 'A Peace Pact Dec. 26.
It is officially announced that the former followers of General Tang Song-chi, including Generals Lia Hsin and Ho Chien, have made a pact of peace with the Nationalists whereby General Pel Chung-hsi, with reinforcements, will proceed into Hunan to take over the com-" mand of the forees being organized for an expedition against the South,—Reuter.
Hankow Generals and Communists Hankow, Dee. 2
In a joint dispatch to the Nationalist Government yesterday, the Wuhan military leaders including Generals Pei Chung-hsi, Chen Zung-yung, Lu Ti-ping, Yeh Kale hain, Chen Chia-yo, Hu Tsung-ta, Hsia Hwei and Tao Chun petition-fed the Government Council asking that the nine members suspected of communist leanings who have already been placed under surveillance by the Government's order should expressly expelled from the Party and that a mandate for their ar est be forthwith issued in order to bring them to justice.
The Wuhan generals pointed out the dispatch that ju view of the nine members? numerous crimes of conspiracy and treason against the party and the Government, the measure taken against them by the Government tus far has been decidedly inadequate in reference to their charge; and petitioned therofore that nothing short of their expulsion and arrest would be consistent with the discipline and dignity of the Party and the Government. In conclusion, they expressed strong and yeh disapproval of the nine merril further participation in nati affairs, 'e, their attendance in the 4th Plenary Session, for they could themselves. to cooperate wolutionists,—
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