Shihchiachwang, July 24.
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek is following his old tactics by ordering provincial troops to defend Hankow in order to spare his own men and preserve his military domination, according to reli-ports received here today from front Chiang has been successful, ese reports said, in saving the ofiand men of his own Centra Army in past encounters with Japanese forces by letting the provincial troops bear the brunt of the assault To avoid the possible extermination of his own men in a Hankow battle Gen. Chiang rushed orders to provincial troops north of the Yangtze to concentrate in the Hankow sector. the reports said.
Sun Tien-ying, Gen, Shang Chen, Gen. Sun Lien-chung and Gen Sung Cheh-yuan have ordered their men to Hankow in response to Gen. Chiang's instructions, the messages tated. These generals were said to have lost many men and suffered enows depletion of their strength in t Hsuchow and other places afterward.
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