Warsaw, Dec. 27.
According to a message from Moscow, the Soviet Government appointed M, Nikonoff Soviet Minister to Oslo, Enquiry at the Soviet Foreign Commissariat failed to elicit any information about the antecedents of this new diplomatic representative what has become of M, Jakubewics. the former Soviet envoy to Oslo,—Trans-O¢an On orders from the Chinese high command, the three north-western provinces, Shensi, Kansu and Ning hsia will be incorporated into the third war zone, states a dispatch to the "Hwa Mei Pao," For this new zone of military operations, it 19 stated, Gen Yang Hu-cheng, former Pacification for Shensi province a few days ago a Chief, while General Chu Shao-liang, recently Commander-in-Chief of Chinese forces in Sh ai, was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief. The headquar for this sector, according to the report, will he established in Lanchow, tne provincial capital of Kansu.
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