Peking, July 14.
The position in Shensi is said to-day to be that General Yen Hsiang-wen is in complete contro] of the capital and eastern Shensi, while General Chen Shu-fan's troops are in the west, where trouble may occur before the fate of these troops is decided. General Feng Vu-hsiang's) troops are. stationed in the vicinity of Sianfu, but General Yen Hsiang-wen's own forces (the 80th Brigade) are™still at Tung-kuan. No one on the side of the Government knows exactly where] General Chen Shu-fan has gone. Government agents are now endeavouring to locate him. His Chief of Staff, General Chu Shou-ti, remained at Sianfu when General Chen left there and is now negotiating with General Yen _regarding the incorporation of Gen-oval Chen's men in the forces of the new Tuchun.
General Feng Vu-hsiang reports officially that all is quiet ° in Shensi for the moment.—Reuter.
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