Poking, Mar. 1.
Messages reaching here from Taiyuan now confirm the report that} ing Yuchsiang has at last emerged from his "retirement" in the Chlenan village and is at present in Taiyuan. The deposed com-hander of the former 2nd Group Army is said to have arrived at Taiyuan yesterday morning and is staying at present in the Fushih Temple in the city.
It. is stated in well-informed circles that Yen Hsishan will pro-ably proceed to Poking about the middle of the month and that Feng: Vu-hsiang may also accompany him here, Other reports have however, that the Shansi leader will] i proceed immediately to Chengchow with Feng as soon as they have mapped out a course of campaign against the Central Government} forces.
The attitude of Shih Vu-an and Han Fuchu, the two outstanding} military commanders in Honan, upon whom the isto of war or peace] largely depends, remains uncertain.
The belief is gaining ground in local oficial circles that the two com-minders can not be relied upon by the Northern insurgents in the event of hostilities actually breaking out between the Government forces and the Shansi Army—Kuo Min, Wang Ching-wei Also Peking, Mar. 1.
Chinese newspapers state that General Yen Hsi-shan and Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang will arrive in Peking before the 0th to hold 2 conference of members of the first, second and third plenary congresses of the Kuomintang for the election of officers of the Party: Mr. Wang Ching-wel, former Chairman of the Kuomintang, is also expected to come to Peking to participate in the And Chen Tiso-yuan Tientsin, Mar. 1.
believed that the present plan of Yen Hsi-shan is to bring pressure to bear upon General Chen Tiao-yuan, Chairman of the Shentung Provincial Government, to throw in his lot with the North, by attacking Shantung from the north along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway line and also from the west along the Lung-Hei line. The northern route forees will advance against Tsinan from Tehchow while the westera route forces will proceed from Tsoohsien to Tsining, thence to] Yenchow. General Fu Tso-yi is ex-ceted to proceed to Tehchow early next week personally to direct} operations—Kuo Min,
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