Peking, May 19.
The latest news from Honan ix to the effect that the fighting has not yet shown any decisive result. The Northern cavalry, after a fant advance, were counter and driven back, The st armoured-car section has valuable service ut Siping and Sniping and has reached Chumatie Tt is now pushing on towards Kioshan, At any rate it General Chang Chih-kung, Mav-citizens are con Wu's general, ix reported to stricken—Toho, have declared his neutrality Loyang.
Borodin Travelling General Wang Fu-lin, the Feng-'Shanghai, May 19. tien commander, and the Kuomin-According to a Kiukiang message chun ave expected to clash shortly of yesterday's date, Comrade Boro-arrived there from Hankow on the following day.
May 15 and left for Nanchang Some 4,000].
THE Nationalist military autho troops, which were recently recruit. ities have seales Tia Ue: ed Honan by General Cheng Chien, arrived at Kivkiang the day before yesterday. The message adds that the troops of the 2nd Army, which had hitherto been stationed jo Kivkiang, sha removed to Huangmethsien.-
Shanghai-Nanking Railway workshops at Woosung to make fo armoured trains within as short a time as possible as they are urgently required for military se Each train will consist of a locomotive and from seven to nine armoured ears, What is Borodin's Reason?
Faupay, May 20.
In local Kuomintang circles con. siderable surprise was expressed that Comrade Borodin should have removed his headquarters to Na chang. It had been anticipated th when the generals who were pected to declare for Nanking openced their attack on Hankow, Comrade!
Borodin and certain Chinese leaders, such as Mr. George Hsu Chien, would take to the northwest by aeroplane. Their failure to follow] this plan suggests the possibility that Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang has already informed them that presence was not wanted territory, On the other hand, those - who accept the information that Comrade Borodin was seen in Kiukiang on hhis way to Nanchang at its face believe that the Communists are about to make a last stand in Kiangsi, using General Cheng! [Chien's new army which has recently: been recruited in Honan, for the purpose. This army, however, ca) not be of much value. After the 'Nanking incident, General Cheng's army was to a very considerable Jextent disarmed and disbanded. He Jand the head of his Political Bureau, 'Lin, who are responsible for the suking Incident, managed to escape to' Kiukiang, but their troops, who had been trained for years, consist-was a government of the people, for the people and by the people, but it was necessary to remove the Communist element from the party on account of their bad conduct and their constant efforts to embroil the Kuomintang.
Gex, Chow Feng-chi, commander of the 26th Nationalist Army and [Associate Martial Law Commissioner for Shangh been appoii eral of the Chekiang marie, left for Hangchow on Monday. Gen. Pei Chung-hsi, the Martial Law Commissioner, is still in conference in Nanking and will not be buck for another few days.
Ar a reception held in honour of a party of Chinese journalists on Tuesday, Admiral Yang Shu-chuang, Commander-in-Chief of the Nation ist Fleet, and members of his political bureau strongly denounced Japan for repairing the vessels of the Pechihli "enemy" squadron which were damaged recently in the maneeuvres. with the Nationalist gun-Boats at Woosung. Yang soon will leave for Foochow, to take. up his; appointment as Civil Administrator of Fukien.
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