Fu-lin, of the former Notth-Eastern Forces, were said to have been shot on orders from the supreme military authority, according to an unconfirmed Chinese message. They were reported to have been charged with mutiny and indiscipline of their commands which caused the collapse of the Chinese defences at Soothow and Paoting and looting of towns during their retreat. The fate of Gen, Han Fu-chu, Chairman of the Shantung Provincial Government, i: not known,
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