Forces in Hunan Only 200; Miles Apart This report committee for examination. committee includes Messrs. Wu Twe-hui, Chu Pei-teh, H. Il. Kung, Yang Shu-chwang and Wang Peh-Jchun. The - committee met this afternoon but no details of its deliberations have been made public. It is believed, however that no decisions will be reached until Mr. Chang Chi, who returns here from Canton to-morrow, hag made his report on the situation in Canton and hhis negotiations with the leaders there.
The Presidium of the session was elected og follows: Messrs. Vu! Yu-
Vice-
Minister for Education, was elected general secretary of the session.
Another report by the Centrall Kuomintang, on the subject of suppression of Communists avd bandits, sas referred to a committee for examination and this committee will report to the general session—to-
To-morrow, Sunday, there will be a general session at 8 a.m. and comfmitice meetings in the afternoon. The last general session is to held on Monday and General Chiang Kai-shek has tentatively fixed his Nanking, June 9.:
According to private advices' from Hunan province the first line! lof Government troops is ow sev atated from the Cantonese forces, by only 20 miles. No clashes haya, taken place yet, state the reports, The "first me "of, Government} troops is composed of the. force of General Ho Chien, three divi-! Sions. Behind them-are five divi-sot Nanking troops, 2 These forces are a little north. west of the town of Yichang the Hunan-Kuangtung border, 'A mandate issued here to-day appoints General Peng Yiepel cent: ander" of the National" Guatds,". which are to be expanded to twa divisions. Part of the National Guards will proceed to Hunan with General Chiang Kai-shek when he for to take charge of operations In" that province—Reuter, Jane his impending trip to Kiang President Chiang Kai-shek will be accompanied by General Hsiung. Shu-litel; Gendarmerie Commander for the Shanghai-Woosung area, and Messrs, Shao Lih-tzu and Chow Fuhaj. The, Commander-in-Chief is-bel expected to leave the capital after.
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