The Archive · 1927

Secession of Another General

Hankow, May 18, A sudden change occurred in the situation here to-day, owing to the fact that General Hsin Tou-yin has Shanghai, May 19.

According to a Peking Message under yesterday's date received hhere, General Feng Vu-sh [troops which have entered Jare reported to be some 20,000 with made clear his attitude aguinst the|their Communists, There is great of unrest the Government, while the Concessions are crowded with Chinese refugees. It considered. in some quarters that big. change:

tht shortly occur in the local The rumour hus been rife since the morning that General Hsia Tov-yin has gone over to General Yang Sen, that General Hsia, flying er in favour of General Chiang Kai-shek, has hurriedly proceeded down-stream and landed at Kayu, which ix situated between Yochow and Hankow, and that General Hala is now planning to attack Hankow Chinese people say that the rail.

track has been destroyed at Tingsvehiao, but it is very difficult to learn the real state of affairs

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