New and Vigorous Attack From Rooxey Grusesr Peking, Aug. 2.
Incessant artillery fire to the; northwest of Peking in the hills ha: given vise to many rumours of the Kuominchun returning. For these reasons I visited Changhsintien terday evening and interviewed Marshal Wu Poi-fu's staff. Many current rumours, including that of] a Kuominchun counter-attack on this front were denied flatly.
Tt was said that the peace which" Yen Hsi-shan,—Tuchun Tuchun of Shansi, is reported to have made with the Kuominchun is impossible, inasmuch as the Kuominchun consider Shansi strategically essential to them and do mot want peace on any term: Therefore Yen Hsi-shan is still be ing eonsiatently attacked, but without yielding, at Yenmenkuan, while the "Tatung Ganeison is well provisioned and not likely to surrender.
'General Wei Yi-san has not deserted the Allies, as rumoured, my informants declared, but is giving the Shonel oust flank' material support.
'A staff officer, just returned fom the Huailal front, admits that lack of ovraiation and failure to take orders make progress slow towards Fluaial, but that, while the. She officers' axe disobedient and _unfcientifte, General Tien Wei-ching's forees ate now unswervingly loyal and their moral is high.
Tt was also admitted that unreal sonable demands for money and ammunition, as excuses to cover in-faction and mistakes, annoy the High Command, but my informant thought: that the improvements now made tended to better ce-ordination in some degrees. There was no danger, a Kuominchun counter-attack.
The present artillery action suid to be the general resumption the Allied assault, due to Marshal Wa Poi-fu's strony representations tothe various slack commanders.
Pal Chien-wu, Marshal Wu's political adviser, denies that he has! Foosived a peace telegram from Mar. shal Sun. Chuan-fang of Nanking; Dut he admits receiving w message! urging the Allie Hankow and meet th situation, He yaid that the Marshal Wa Pei-fu was determined not. to return south until the enemy hero hand been broken, and, on the contrary, was bringing up _reinforeements to hasten the campaign her: and Shantung troops, which resulted in the capture of the Kuo-mine hun second line of defence at midnight, The bombardment was then directed against Chienmokou, which ig still being bombarded.
The [ext wing of the Allied attacked the Kuominchun at Yangfangehen; the fighting there is continuing.
Marshal Wu Pei-fu's troops meanwhile have advanced s far as Cholu, 20 li from Husilai According to another report Fengtien and Shantung troops have occupied Yingtsuayen, to the west Nankow: the Kuominchun defenders, consisting partly of General Chen Ting-chia's mutineers, have retreated to Tienchingto, Intermittent unimportant fight-{Ing is reported "from the Shansi news has come to hand regarding the Dolonor region,
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