Now, however, General Koo con-tinged,' the revolt of General Tang Song-chi threatened to overthrow the Kuomintang Party and destroy the purpose of the Revolution, for which reason Shansi was bound send an expedition utterly to crush the insurgents.
General Koo went on to inform the meeting that the Shansi forces had already reached Hsuchang, on the Peking-Hankow Railway, while In the meantime the movements of the Kuominchun are causing some uneasiness. It is confirmed that they have occupied Loyang (Ionanfe), while trains on the Lunghai Railway cannot proceed westward further than Treshui, now eastward beyond Kunghsien.
Tt is also reporied that General Sun Chen-yuan's forces at Tung kuan have started moving eastward.—Revter.
Tang Slips: Away Nanking, Dec. 28.
Military Headquarters has receiv= a teemram fom Chengchow, saying thst Tang Song-hi quietly ceparied from Hsuchany; yesterday, with aa armed escort after estab: ing an attempt on his life bya ttalian commander under General eng Hac, who was reported some time ago to have' been shot by Range Song-chi_ for declining to join in "The rebels in Hsuchang are now. without a responsible leader, Two armoured trains, the "Yunk= wei" and "Changeheng," have ad~ vaneed to Yencheng to assist in rounding up the remnant rebels. while a number of military scouting: planes are constantly flying over the jon around Hsuehang to main= tain watch over the movements of the rebels.
In view of the disorganized condi~ tion of the insurgents, instructions, fre understood to have been issued to the various fill-headquarters in Honan all Government units to ad~ vance and disarm the rebels peace~ lly instead of resorting to the us@ of foree.—Kuo Min, Yen Isi-shan at Shihehinchuang Peking, Dec. 29, A Shansi newspaper published. here states that the well-known Shansi leader, General Yen Haishan arrived at Shihehischuang on Saturay morning from Taiyuanfu, the Shansi capital, Shihehiachuang is the junction of, the Peking-Hankow and Shani railways.
He is waiting there for General Ho Cheng-chun, the representative of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who will accompany him to Cheng chow, Honan, for the campaign against the rebel General Tang Price on Head of Tang"
Hankow, Dee, 30:
The Provisional Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief has offered a reward of $50,000 for the capture of Tang Song-chi, Cash renumerations ranging from $20 to $2,000 for any loyal soldier or officer under Tang joining the Government forces have also been announced. Govern ment airplanes are now elrculariz= ing the territory held by the bels with handbills containing the abovementioned rewards, The armoured train "Yun Kwei"" has succeded in disabling the only armoured train commandeered by Tang at the tine of his rebellion,—Kuo Min, Cleaning up in the South Wuchox, Dee, 29, Following up the capture of Hohsien, eastern Kuangsi, the th Route Army advanced further was! wards and occupied Pinglo yesterday, No (race of the "Ironsides" under Chang Fa-kuei was found in the city which was well garrisoned by the volunteer corps. A quantity of ammunition loft by the rebels daving their hurried departure was taken the Government forees, General Lu Tuan-yen, "Chairman of the Kuangsi Provieial Goverment who has remained Joyal to the Government, states in a telegram to General Chen that the vanguards of his troops have reached Junge sion and are preparing for an at= tack upon the flank of the insurgents, The Yunnan Expeditionary forces are also reported to hive passed Lungan on their way te Nanning Kuo Min,
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