Peking, Nov. 24.
A foreigner who has just return-Jed here from South Shansi states that a virtual state of war exists there, About eight Nanking divisions, lhe declares, are assed south of the Yellow River, ready to cross it if they are ordered to invade Shansi, while General Feng Vu-hsiang has 50,000 troops, well equipped and with high morale, in the vicinity lof the north bank, The foreigner In question states that Nanking aeroplanes are continually raiding-villages, hoping. to Jbombard General Feng, but as the Kuominchun leader continually shifts his headquarters very few Persons know re he actually is.
It is understood that Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang has been give the task of clearing up the situa-ion in Shansi and that there are st hopes of a settlement being reached without any further fight ing.
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