Peking, Juno 8.
General Tang Song-chi has taken Paoking, Yungfeng, Hunsiang and Shushing, according to a foreign report which makes no mention of southern reinforcements but assumed that General Tang has received support before turning the north.—Reuter, Acconoixe the "Shanghai Zarya" reliable information has been received in Mukden to the effect that, arduous preparations are being made in Kalgan and other places under Kuominchun influence for another offensive against the Allied Armies of Marsials Chang Tso-lin and Wa Pei-tu, The Reds, it is said, have decided seriously "to assist the chun by supplying them with arms, ammunition and money and have' further offered to purchase horses for them from Mongolia, Mukden further understands. that Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang is shortly to return from Moscow and will remain incognito until the required time, when he will again take personal charge of his army. Another gays that Feng has gone to riy and-a third reports that he will come to Shanghai vid Vladivostok and go to Nanking to win over Marshal Sun Chuan-fang.
he succeeds he will return algan vid Vladivostok, Just before 1 p.m. 01 Thursday, the Fire Brigade (Central station) responded to an alarm from the vlei ity of the Shanghai Club, where they fund that a motor ear had been bu Sparks from the magneto had set fire to motor ear No. 8215, a large Cadillac machine, the properly of Mr. G. D, Hutchison of 50 Connaught Road. Fortunately star all concerned the police ov duty at te print rushed to the sand box, provided for Just such emergencies ard, making good use of the material at hand, got the fixe under eonttol, Very: little: damage, -beyond: some trouble with the wiring; is beKeved to have been done.
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