Feng Vu-hsiang's Party Claiming Him As on Their Side:
Delegates Sent from Nanking to Interview: Opera-us Waiting on C.E.C, Conference Considerable interest centres in the attitude of General Yen Msi-shan in the coming campaign of Nanking against General Feng.
Local representatives of Feng assert that Yen is on their side. Peking reports that Yen desires only peace. Meanwhile Nanking has sent no less important a person than Tang Sengchi, the old Hunan commander, to see Yen at his capital Taiyuan tu, No military operations are expected until after the plenary conference of the Centrat Executive Committee held in Nanking this week.
Contradictory reports are received of Han Fuchu, Peking says that he chiefly desires p Nankiny march og: soon as ordered, that he is ready to According to a Kuo Min message trative Yuan of the National Gov. from Taiyuanfu, capital of ernment, and at the same time to have ured General Yen to visi arrived there on Sunday and, on behalf of General Chiang. Kai-shel a long conference with General Yen Hsi-shan, The results of the conference in General Tang was accompanied by General Ho Chen-chun, director of the onalothendgaartsrs in Peking The. "Kuo Min message General Tang Seric perma! biter trout Coamuners 3 pen stated that all Teter rom Comander-|,, 1) Tadincas For the launching of which General Yen was urged, the punitive expedition, Bede Mita sas There o.9o: See aces Finks set me nat ta retire tees pales side toed ak" thin Tamctvee al It is understood that the' Govern-Ports must be taken with rose ment emissaries will r here for a few days, following wh me on C-E.C. Conference General Ho will return to Teking while General Tang will proceed Hankow, June 8. to the capital to report to the inder-in-Chief the result of th General According to a Toho (Jo agency message from General Chiang offered mend General Yen for conclusion' in. Chinese from the ce Vi conference n favour of a punitive m st the "Christian General Owing to the censorship that pre-and the severance of commu cations, the situation la Honan is ure, but it is Lelieved tha: the of the Natios troops ix being held up po decision of the conference Nanking, June 8, An informal discussion of the: prevent political m, especBilly with reverd to the critical state of affairs in the north, and the appoint. ment of now members of the St Council and the Central Executiv Committee of the Kuomintang in consequence of the dismissal of Generals Li Chung-jen, Li Chi-sen and Feng Yuchsiang, was held) at marty" Headquarters According to the—fortheom Central continue for time det for the ettler ion in the north and for the more efficient conduct of Party affairs throughout shek ha from General Shih Yi forees of the impendinse According to an official report the combined strength of General Tan and General Shih. is S," at seven divisions totalling 140,000 strong, These neentrated alone both the Peki ways, extending to the north and] the Peking from amghsien to Lan bai Line—Kuo Min, The Conference in Shansi Taiyuan, June 10. cry results are reported rence held by General Yen Msi-shan vith Commande Chen-wit In eastern A portion of the Sth Route Army under General Tang Senge chi in the Lanfeng-Kaifeng' region, in northern Honan; 4 divisions under General Han Fu-cha Chengchow, and the 13th Route al Shih Yiuesan and Kunhsien, in central 1 in. Those forces are awaiting th order for a general offensive against the Kuominchun towards where Feng shed his head quarters, Other Government "nits on thei way to Honan pate in the campaign include ed and 54th visions of the Sth Route Avmy stations i in eastern Honan, and a portion of the 11th Route Army under General Liu Chen-nien wed for western Honan, One jon of the forges under General Chen Tino-yuan will also leave shortly for Hsuchow to be placed under the command 9f the Eastern Row partment. of the Kao Tsai-tien to Sinyane, southern Honan, The Sri Squadron under Commander Yanz Tui-fa has likes wise left Heuchoss for Chengehow.—Kuo cuales Toyang—*S!
Nanking. June from the Provision Chief at Hemkow reports that F troops have evacuated that no soldiers under his direct conitot car: be found east of Tungki self is re+ erred to he ai ing, on the
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