Hankow, Mar, 1.
Headquarters here ing demands from districts" near Haskow—Kienli, Holung, Hwangpei, Sinokan—for prolsction against bandits. It reported that bandits and Con-nunists -are_ growing much bolder in these districts.
General Hsu Yoen-chien has wired to General Chiang Kai-shek stating that he will not be returning Hankow yet owing to the tension prevailing on. the Peking-Hankow railway and assuring the General imo that the defences at Sin-Yangchow are now as strong as it Possible to make then.
Troops continue to be dispatched] down river. Both the San Feb Ca. and The China Merchants have had ships commandered for this purpose, "A bom) explosion, which nearly caused the death of General Teng Yenchien, Director of the Han-
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