a few days: since, that he would surely free their city from its unwelcome guests, can be carried out. From the above considerations, it might be construed like a declaration of war against General Han, if the Tupan were now to move troops against Chang Teh-sheng in Kiahsien, as Chang is part of the 36th Division, though still distressing the people of Kiahsien. From reports that have been current, the 'Tupan would gladly see General Han out of Honan, and to that end he was going to assist his going. /Will he dare to move, even against him, now, with General Sun Yueh Jand' Governor Liu supporting him? In the meantime General Han re-Jecives taxes from 24 counties in the west. Either we are going to have more war in Honan in the very near future, or we are to go on in this state of armed peace. In either case the plight of the people of Honan is not an enviable one.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.