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In the far south of China, Changsha has been occupied by Chang Fat-kwai and the Kwangsi forces. The leaders of the latter, Li Tsurig-Jen and Pai Chung-hsi, are able men and are maintaining good order. They are strong Nationalists, and though now in dubious company, they are not Communists, said the "San Francisco Chronicle" recently. When in control of Hankow they dealt firmly with disorder, and were not unreasonable in regard to foreign lights. Chang Fatkwai is expected to advance to Yangtse through Kiangsi, the condition of which province, owing to the activities of brigands and Communists, is indescribable. Chang is a strict disciplinarian and, though his political colours are doubtful, his advent should be for the advantage of the province. The Government announces the formation of a strong concentration to meet the irruption from the South, and is counting on three divisions of Kwangtung troops, reputed to b« marching northward, to take Changsh* in the rear, a movement in which observers of current events hayfi'^'Bffle faith. . DIFFICULT^O'IIOLD. ; Chang Fat-kwai's troops and. the Kwangsi forces' number at least 50,000, and with active hostilities on its bands on three fronts in the North, it is difficult for the Government to muster sufficient troops to resist an advance on Hankow from Hunan. The situation is serious, for after a month of campaigning tho Government forces have not prevailed, while their opponents are encouraged by their successful resistance and the diversion from Hunan. No support comes from Manchuria, and meantime brigand* and Communists are spreading their tontacles everywhere in the South. Ii is not without significance that 10Q0 troops, tinder orders to proceed to the front, have mutinied at Nanking. The Government still professes supreme confidence in the outcome of the conflict, and doubtless one powerful military stroke against the Northern armies would revolutionise the whole situation.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 9
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 9
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