Peking, Apr. 6.
General Chu Vu-pu has wired to the Cabinet announcing that he has ordered a general offensive against the Kuominchun on the Tamingfu front, Marshal Sun Chuan-fang has left nanfu for Tsining in order to direct operations, It is generally believed here that Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang's influence at Nanking has been increase rapidly lately and that the operations against the North are due to this, as he feared that the Fengtien armies would have concentrated and crashed him if he met them singlehanded.
The Fengtien forces, whose trenches throughout the winter have been only seven miles to the weet of Shihehiachuang, officially claim that they have captured Huaila and Pingshan. The latter is only twenty= five miles from Shihchiachuang.
It is believed that this move docs not indicate a heavy offensive against the Shansi armies, but is merely intended to clear the flank more effectively before the offensive against Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang is begun, Tt is confidently asserted here that the Kuominchun cannot take the offensive ax the Fengtien forces are much superior in numbers and equipment, The Fengtien armies anticipate that they will be able to occupy that section of Northern Honan north of the Yellow River and possibly the Lunghai Railway.
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