Immediately upon receipt of such reports, continues the Generalissimo, the. Central Government ordered
to. ret south of Henchowly order to avoid a clash, pending negoations for a concrete and unified formula for the solution of the situation. He strongly urges Gen, Chen to order the advancing forces" of Kwangtung and Kwangsi to cease mobilizing and to return to their original garrisons, In order to dispel current rumours and uneasiness. Otherwise, the continuous adoption of independent action, heedless of the order of the highest organ of the Central Government to suspend their military movements, would give observers the impression that such is of an anti-Japan campaign of a part of the Chinese Army, but a case of local troops and officials re-isting the orders of the Central Government.
Tu the opinion of Gen. Chiang, there must have been some maleontents and near-sighted army leaders who are using anti-Japanism as a pretext for mobilizing their troops across their provincial borders, with the selfish purpose of accomplishing their personal ambitions by driving northwards,
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