No Longer Able to Fulfil Official Functions Nanking, July 13.
The Executive Yuan is understood to have received a telegram from General Liu Wen-hui to-day resigning his post of chairman of the Szechuan government, General Liu has already evacuated Chengtu and cannot any longer exercise official functions it is a foregone conclusion that his signation will be accepted.
In a telegram addressed to his representative here General confirms the fact that his troops have withdrawn to the west of the in River, although he does not Jacknowledge defeat at the hands of his rival, General Teng Chi-hou, but declares that his solicitude for the people's welfare forbids his carrying fon the fighting—Reuter.
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