The Archive · 1930

Lu Chung-lin to Retire

Peking, Oct. 25.

General Lu Chung-lin, one of the chief Lieutenants to Marshal Feng Yuchsiang and formerly War Mi ter in a Peking Cabinet, issued circulars under date of the 23rd, announcing his resignation from the posts of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuominchun og the front and Commander of the Second Route Army of the Northern Coalition Forces. General Lu definitely expressed his desire to retire from polities, While the exact cause of this resignation has not yet been made Known, particularly when he wa: popularly regarded as the success to Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang as the: Commander of the entire Kuominchun after Marshal Feng's retire-Jment, indications point to his intention to hand over the command of his troops to General Ho Ying-ching, to be incorporated into the Government troope.—Rengo,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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