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Show CHINESE ARMY mm MM ! . ADVANCE TOWARD GHENCHOW ADDiNG TO DIFFICULTIES j CF PEKING FORCES I Aiarrr.ed ,it the Threat From the West, j Ankocrhjn War Lords are Mob-i Mob-i : i i n a a Least 50,000 Manchurians Peking The Kuominchun (people's parly) which has been partially eclipsed ec-lipsed since the loss of Xaukow pass in August, has '.aged a comeback and is focusing interest in China's nationwide nation-wide civil war in Houan, hitherto a secondary theatre of action, thus add-ding add-ding to t lie diiliculties of the Ankuo-cdiun Ankuo-cdiun (Peking forces). It is definitely established that "the Kuominchin branch, having fought through the province of Shensi, driving driv-ing back (ieneral Liu Chen Hua, entered en-tered IToren at Tunkwan and are advancing ad-vancing toward Cnenchow, the terminus ter-minus of the Lungiiai railway. Leaving his remaining forces at Chenehow, General Liu visited in turn Chengchow and Taiyuanfu, appealing appeal-ing to Marshal Pei-Fu and General Yenhsishan for aid. Thus far his appeals ap-peals have been fruitless and General Lui is now appealing to Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. Wu Pei-Fu is helpless help-less owing to insubrodination among his ranks and Yenhsishan is apparently appar-ently unwilling to do mors than defend his own province of Shansi against the invaders. |