Tientsin, Sept. 2
The mobilized Nationalist Forces which are now concentrating along the Peitang-Tangku, Yutien-Tsinghua region and are awaiting the arrival of General Pei Chung-hai from Peking, number 140,000 men. This large force of Nationalist soldiers has been picked by General] Pei himself from the Ist, 2nd, Sed and 4th Group Armies stationed in the North. With the cooperation of Chang Hsueh-liang, it is confidently expected that the extermination of the comparatively small number remaining of Chihli-Shantung troops will be completed within a short time, 'A message from Peking states that General Pei called on several foreign legation ministers yesterday fand explained to them that the purpose of the present campaign is) Solely to suppress the remnant. Chihli-Shantung troops inside the Great Wall and to restore communication on the Peking-Mukden Railway—Kuo Min.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.