Fengtien Withdrawal on Kin-Hat Railway Denied Peking, May 3.
Fengtien officers last night claim:
the capture of Changteh, on the Poking-Hankow Railway, and. an overwhelming victory over the best Kuominchun forces under Gen.
Changin below that city, This was "contrary to other reports so it was not generally be-Kieved yesterday. But Gen, Chang Hsuchliang arrived here this morn: ing by special train from Paotinafa to report victories and to give details of the subsequent advance to his father, Marshal Chang Tso-lin.
Letters" from deny that there is any evidence of over-ridden by departmental wishes.
Let us make our position quite clear. There may be sound reasons for modifying the functions of the V. N. H., even for selling it and rebuilding elsewhere, We shall all know more of this when we have been able to study the Economy Committee's report, which appears to-day with this issue. But with or without that report, the Council have not the right to interfere with the work of the Home as it has been carried out all these years, still less to sell it, without a mandate from a meeting
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