Hankow, June 7, General Lu Chung-lin, the newly-appointed Governor of Hopei, is leaving Hankow shortly for Hopei accompanied by Mr. Wang Chen-tseng, Commissioner of Education, and other members of the provincial government, General Lu has a particularly dif-cult journey ahead, for she will have to cross Japanese-occupied territory to reach his destination, which is situated ina part of Hopei still under the control. of the Chinese Government, On the eve of his departure, General Lu has issued a statement saying he will organize and direct regular troops and militiamen in Hopei to fight the Japanese forces in the province, He has, he says, two objectives: to disturb the Japanese rear, and "awaken the populace of Hopei to join in the fighting for national preservation,"—Reuter,
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