Nanking, Apr. 9.
Military despatches from Hsuchow state that Feng Vu-hsiang, Commander of the Kuominchun, has arrived at Chengchow and is active-tates that Shansi also occupy the regions about in all PS|ly directing various preparations directions, Against the Government forees. It though not large numbers, is thought, however, that Feng will Mail and tr first reorganize his units before connections to and from the north continue good, con-attempting an offensive—Kuo Min. sidering the state of the country.
Pleading with Mukien Silver dollars are getting scarce.
Some of the papers have reported Tientsin, Apr. 9. fighting near P'ingyuen, but to date According to reports from Tai-there has been none, yuan and Chengchow, all rebel military movements along both the No Offensive Yet Against N th Lung-Hai and Tientsin-Pukow lines separate routes, Their plans are stated to be as il proceed slong the Long-¥fai Railway. with Heucho as the objective. Shik constitute the left wing which will drive straight for Tsizan-fa upon the capture of which, it is stated, Shih will immediately assume the title "of Chairman of the Shantung Proinebal Goverament. For the. right the former Shantung' troops tudor Sun Tien-ying will advance through northern Anhui, $0. as to affect an enveloping movement against Hsuchow.
As for the Wu-Han area, it is expected that part of the Kuominchun forces, sow in south-western Fonan, will be able to capture Hiankow about the same time the expected evacuation of isto chow As a mutual pledge'of good faith, reported that Yen Hsi-shan and Feng Yossiang are exchange their Chiefs-ofStaf?. Lia Chi who has always been attached to the Kuominchun commanders headquarters is now at Taiysan Fersonal advisor tothe Shansi warlord while Chow Tai, Ghief-of-Staff to Yen Hsi-shan, has proceeded to Chengechow to be attached 30 the Kuominchon camp—Kuo Min, Complete Understanding Peking, Apr. 12, Describing: the war preparedness u of the Kuominchua, a. certain T yalitician, who returned to Peking last night from Tungkuas, where the main force of the Kuoninchun, under the command of Gener Messages from Chengchow, the Junction of th "eking-Hankow and the Lunghai railways, Honan, state that s0 far nine Kuominchun dive sions have arrived at Chengchow, Many more Kuominchun troops, the messages add, are marching on foot from Kanso and Shensi towards hengchow, where they have been ordered to' concentrate.
General Yen Hsishan, it ig fare ther stated, is sending large euplies of food, ammunition and other necessities to re-equip, rearm and reclothe them.
Marshel Feng Yuhslang, since leaving Taiyuanfu, has been most of the time at anfu, the capital of hansi, superintending the repre ization of th cording to forel observers, a intensely ey: to the Kuomfnchun Teader despite the fact that they:
deen short of rations for months and have been receiving only '50 cents a month, Up to the present 140,000 Kuo mine hun troops are reported to have assed Tungkuan, on the Shensi" Honan border, eastwards, It is claimed that the Kuominchun, who now wish to be called the sipeichan, or the North-Western Army, have captured Laohekow, on the Han River, North Hupeh, and that General Wan Heuan-tsai'svaa-Fs guards have taken Fukow, on the Honan-Anhui border, thus' linking with the troops of General Sun en-ying, who has invaded North Reuter,
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