[Four Armies Converging on Ha: kow: Venture Across Yangtze Moxpay, May 16.
The annual Spring wars have apparently commenced in all parts of Ghina and everywhere is there move ment of troops, the usual negotia-{tions among generals and the allian-}ees and counter-alliances which Ply financial rather than military arrangements, Setting out this {tary situation in tabular form, one 1. General Chiang Kai-shek, in cordance with a plan announced in advance, was to have moved numbers of troops across the Yangtze by yesterday when a general advance against the north-was to have {taken place for the purpose of clear jing Kiangsa province of northern troops: It is understood that many as 60,000 southern troops were to cross the Yangtze at Nanking and [Chinkiang. This movement of troops factually began on Friday and continued all day Saturday. According to the Nationalist headquarters, [¥angehow was actually captured on Saturday morning by General ¥ing-ching's Kuangsi troops: this has, however, not been conirmied from any other source, 2 Five Nationalist armies marching through northern towards. the Tientsin-Pukow R [way Nationalist reports "claim funer victories in northern Anhui. A Military Conference of the Anikuochun at Penizpu decided that the Jorthemers would take the defensive in northern Anhui, 8 Cantonese and Kuangsi armia ore' moving through Hunan. and Kiangsi toward Hankow. Their purpose is to destroy the Communist Government there before the Feng. tien armies under General Chang! Hseub-liang can reach Hankow, Ale lied to these armies is that of Gen eral Liu Tso-lung, the man who sold Hankow to Geneval Chiang. Kaishek after Marshal Wa Pel-fu had ppointed him Tupan of Hupeh. He is awaiting the arrival of the southern troops, upon which occasion, will turn en Generst Tang Song:
ind overthrow the Communist 4. The Aukuochun troops unde the' command of General Chun Hsueh-liang are fighting through Honan to reach Hunkow. They ate now face to face not only with General Tang Song-chi's 04 hi with General Feng: g's troops in Haman. Marshal Wa Pel-fu, realizing that General Peng Yuhsiang is liable to occupy Honan, has requested the Ankuochun to provide him with arms so that he may ent jthe fray against the "Christian general.
Fong Vu-hsiang is both Hankow and has: joined forces - with [Yen Hsih-shan of Shan eral Li Lich-chun, who is very close to Marshal Feng' has stated la the Kuomintang organ, the "Alin Knol S ili Pao" that a small part of Mai shal Feng's army is pro-Communist and adheres to Hankow but' thit Feng himself will work with Nan. king: and will assume responsibility for driving. the Ankuochin out of the territory north of the Yellow! River, Reports were current yester day that Marshal Feng's troops had jeaptured Loyang, but all these reports emanated from Hankow and! have not been conferred at the time {of writing this review of the situuition. The Ankuochun claims G eral Yen's loyalty.
6. General Lit Hsiang-ting of {Szechuan is beginning x campaign against Hunan, ostensibly in the interests of the Nanking Government although iis exact aftliatiors are not Known. General Yangisen "of Wanksion has moved from Lohans, [which he has already captured, toward Hankow.
Converging on Hankow thea ave the flowing forces:
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