Apr. 16, Bearing offers from Tao Chun and Mu Tsung-tao to surrender, representatives of these defeated Wuhan leaders arrived here yesterday even= ing. It is understood that this move was actuated by the advance of General Chang. Fa-kwel's"Ironsides" from Wuhan under orders from General Chiang Kai-shek to subjugate the remnants of the Wuhan forces, It is further stated that the:
Nationalist Generalissimo has me ted General Ho Chien, Acting rman of the Hunan Provineint ernment, to drive out all the kiangsi troops from Hunan and it ix generally expected that Hupeh and Hunan will very soon come completely under the dominance the Central Government Reception to Foreign Yestenlay afternoon a reception was tendered by General Chianse Kai-shek to the Constlar Rody and Jocal foreign business men at the Chinese Merchants' Club, the course of a speech the Nationalist Generalissimo said efted that, through the pressure of political altairs, he had bee tuaable hitherto to meet the forei representatives, but this wis met pleasure delayed, The Central Governm tinued, realized that the assistance aod sympathy of friendly" nations ost necessary to make recon struction of the country successful and he, therefore, requested the com. pany to rise and dvi ast their mutual gool-fellowship sand understanding, ug, the United States Com: and Dosen of the Con: sular Corps, Mr. K.P. Lockhart, stated that foreign interests wers very eager to join in the work of reconstruction ard progress tndee peaceful conditions, The event concluded with a filning of the gathering by a repre sentative of Paramount News
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