Nanking, Jan. 24.
By order of the Conmander.in-Chief, General Shik Yiu-san, Commander of the th Route "Army, part of whose troops mutinied at Pukow) has been appointed coneuxrently Provincial Bandi-Suppresion, Commander for Honan to be muder, the direct jurisdiction of General Han Fu-cha, Chaiman of the Honan Provincial Government and con.- currently Commander of the 3rd Route Army. General Shih's toons fare under instructions inmediatel y to evacuate Pengpu and the surrounding region and to concentrate at the Yungchow-Pochow region in northern Anhui previous to going into Honan.
Pengpu will be taken over troops directly under the Ceitral Government as soon s General' Shih's units evacuate the entire re-/rion—Kuo Min.
Tackling the Tronsides Changsha, Jan. 24.
It is announced at the Headquayters of the 4th Route Amy that the' Jentire 62nd Division of the Honan Provincial Perees under Geeral Liu Chiensti thas been ordered to advance to southern Hunan to deal' with the satterel bands of the "Tronsides" under Chang Fa-kuei who are stated to have crossed the] Kuangsi-Hunan forder. A deach-' ment of the 19th Division, stationed in Hengchow, has also been ordered to Yungehow, in the south-western part of the province, to prevent thi rebels from attempting to conbine with the native bandit gangs there.
The 8th Route Army in northern Kuangsi under General Chen Eh tang are cooperating with the Hunan forces in rounding up. the re-mathing insargents—Kuo Min,
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