Gen, Ha Ching-yi reports that considerable number of troops formerly under the command of Marshal Wu Pei-fu created disturbances fat Hsingyangchow, Gen. Hu. sent troops to the scene and the rioting was" suppressed. Some of the Floters were taken into Gen, Hu's forces while the remainder were disarmed and turned adrift, Generals Wu. Kwang-hsin (Mini ster of War) and Chang Tsung-Jehang proceeded to Tsinartu December 28 and returned to Tientsin next day accompanied by Gen. Chen Tiao-yuan, who had yone to Tsivanfu at the invitation of Tali Cheng Shih-chi. It is reported that Mukden Generals Were at Tsinan they reached agreement with Gen. Cheng regarding. the passage through Shantung of Gen, La Yung-hsiang's exped tion, Fifteen trains carrying Fengtien troops passed through Tsinanfu on December 25, en route to. Ha Jchuang, just north of the Shantung-Kiangsu. border.
Gen. Chen Tiao-yuan is_report-fed to" have given assurances. that the Kiangsuy Generals, with the exception of Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan, would support Marshal Tean the Fengtien troops did not enter Kiangsu. The railway bridge at Hanchuang was destroyed on Dece ber 25 by Gen, Chen Tiao-yuan's troops, according to Chinese reports.—Reuter's Pacific Service
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