Show SO SOLUTION LOOMS FOR CHINESE RIFT China July 24 R JP In Increasing creasing optimism prevailed today concerning the tense situation in Cha- Cha lar province and the threatened war between forces of the national na na- na government and the wear weary but patriotic followers of the independent inde pendent Chin Chinese e general general- Feng Yu Yu- hsiang Although the opposing armies more than nationals and Feng's peoples Japanese anti-Japanese army were aImy were but five miles apart today there was no sign sign- of ot hostilities Feng's determination to fight and the publics public's support of his cause seemed to have cooled and the leader appeared to be more Inclined to negotiate negotiate for lor peace The revelation that he sent two representatives representatives representatives rep rep- to Japanese military and offered to drop his army's name and to withdraw from which he captured from guards July 14 if it the Japanese would not reoccupy that city proved to be a severe blow for his followers who considered Feng an patriot arch-patriot who demanded the unconditional return of and Manchuria to China The governments government's dispatch of troops into and its ils threats of firm measures against the marshal seemed to be calling his bluff |