Questioned as regards condition' in the northwest, "General Feng. said that practically all of the petty and recalcitrant "local military chieftains, who had been holding out in the more isolated regions, especially in northern Kansu, southwestern Honan and Kokonor have either been suppressed and their bandit forces disarmed or are under military surveillance and will soon be surrounded and disarmed.
"The only serious the Government i" confronting tu the northwest at present {s the shortage of food supplies as a result of the drought. I am afraid that many people there will face famine and starvation unless immediate relief measures are taken by the Government," concluded General Feng.
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