REDS IN CHINA
VICTORIES DUE TO RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP SUN CHUAN-FANG’S ARMY ROUTED BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ’ Copyright. Peking. October 12. The Red victories in China are obviously due to Russian leadership because the Red armies are greatly outnumbered. Another factor in the Red advance is the assistance rendered to them by natives guiding forces through secret passes and permitting flank, rear, and other demoralising attacks on the anti-Red armies. The Reds are popular with the natives everywhere owing to the rigid discipline of their armies, the absence of looting,' and other characteristics. lacking with the anti-Red rabble. , Reports state that Sun Chuan-baug s army was almost entirely routed by the Reds and that Suu himself is prepared to accept any terms. In the Szechwan Province the situation is daily becoming more critical The evacuation of foreigners from Cheug-tu has commenced, and women and children are leaving. A warning has been issued bv the Chungking authorities to foreigners not to proceed up river beyond Tchang owing to a fresh outburst of ftnti-for* eign feeling.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 16, 14 October 1926, Page 11
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