Poking, Apr. 19, The Kuominchun claim that Gen= eral Han Fuchu, Governor of Ho-non, has surrendered to his former leader, Marshal Feng Vu-hslang—Reuter, 5
Nanking, Apr. 19.
A message reaching here today' states that Gener. 1 Chi Hsieh-yuan, who was at one time Tupan off Kiangsa Province, has been no= ated by the anti nanking group as the Commander-in-Chief of the Front Armies and has been special= ly requested to take command of the troops belonging to General Sur Tien-ying. The former Kiangsa Tupan is said to have reached Mochow.
Another appointment. of a noted old timer in Chinese civil warfare has been made by the anti-Nanking faction in the person of General Sun Chuan-fang, former war lord at Nanking, who' has been nominat~ the Commander-in-Chief of the Advance Guards of the Peking Hankow Front fore:
Judging frm the indications, it appears as if the Northern troops are active but that the activity of both the Northern and outborn forces does not go beyond mere reconnoitring for the present, Such being the case, it is not considered likely that the clash of the main forces will occur as yet—Rengo.
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