A week ago the railway station here, which had been almost empty of troops for a few days since the departure of Li Hu-chen's men, was again filled up with soldiers. This time it was Li Chi+ts'ai's defeated {troops from Shantung who were Jdriven back here by the Shantung men and arrived in a very pitiable Jcondition. There were -several Drigades from Hupeh have not all) hurrica crossed the border yet, and if there kas been any fighting at all, it must have been mere scrapping between Keo Yin-chien's advanced, isnard and the Honan outposts.
In spite of the unreliability rumours, the general position seems fairly clear. The Hupea tdvaneed base is at Wusengkuan on the Kinhan railway line just the provincial boundary.
The headquarters of the Honan army are at Hsinyangchow, 300 or 100] English miles, to the north. From Wusengkuan, the next station to] the north is Chumatien; after this come ha, Linliun, Lie Shuangho.
The Hupeh troops have aiveady oceapied—Chumatien in force, but north of this, the Honanese have torn up the rail way track, and further advance can only be made by repairing line, The Honan general, Chianz Shih-chien, is said to have dug] trenches "both sides of Shungho, the Inst station before Hsinyang: chow is reached, so that evidently 1 blown up by Sun Chuo fang from Kiangsu.
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Yueh Wei-tsun would not declare himself} ther for or against Shantung or} Kiangsu nor yet for or against Marshal Wu. He was neutral to all interests but those of Honan and he let it be known that would not draw the sword except] where those interests were jeopar-
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