Hankow, March 30..
Gen. Hsiao Yao-nan, Tuchun of Hupeh, in a conversation with your correspondent, has expressed his belief that Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Mukden warlord, will probably make an attempt to re-invade Chibli in the near future, Chang thinking that the opportunity is a good one because the attention of Marshal Wu Pei-fu is diverted to Szechuan and the south.
Gen. Hsiao thinks that Chang Tsolin will make a poor showing and will again meet. his Waterloo because his strength in Manchuria is divided while Wu Pef-fu's northern armies are held intact as they are not participating in the southern campaigns.
News available from Szechuan is scanty and confusing but the best advices are to the effect that Gen. Yang Song is about to take Chungking without resistance, the delay being caused by bad roads and weariness on the part of his troops.
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