Peking, May 20.
It is stated in certain circles here that General Yen Hsi-shan and Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang are pursuing a policy of using their "green" troops to stem the present onslaught of General Chiang Kai-shek'sforees, proposing, when the latter have been weakened, to throw into the fighting the main Northern forces, which so far have not been used.
For this reason, it is asserted, the Northern Coalition will not be perturbed if the troops they are at present employing are compelled to fall back along the Lung-hai Railwi even as fas as Lanfeng and they express confidence that when thei main forces are brought into the: fray they will be victorious Reuter.
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