The Archive · 1927

Activities Remaining Obscure

Few developments were reported from up river in yesterday's news, the crux of the situation appea ing to be that war activities re-

From Chinkiang it is reported that Geneval Chiang Kai-shek had arrived there on May 31, only to leave the following day at'S.30 p.m. with hig bodyguard for Yangchow.

No news from local sources was available regarding Hankow but it is believed that the advance down the Han River is progressing slowly. A despatch from Wuhu and Nanking states that no change can be reported, Shansi Tuchun Expected to Move Peking, June 2.

Very little news is available here regarding the progress of the Fengtien withdrawal from Honan, but from a reliable source it is reported that General Yen Hsi-shan, the Tupan of Shansi, is expected to attack the Fengtien forces shortly.—Reuter.

"Hochi's" Advice to Government Tokyo, June 2.

Pointing out that the collapse of! Marshal Chang Tso-l serious situation in "Hochi" demands that the Government act discreetly lest Japai actions are interpreted as domestic interference owing to the close association in the past between Baron Tanaka and Baron Shirakawa and Marshal Chang.

Representatives of various Labour! bodies held a meeting last night, at which it was decided to start a nationwide agitation demanding that no more troops be sent to China and that those already sent be withdrawn, the meeting adopting the 8 "Hands off China."—Reuter,

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