CIVIL WAR IN CHINA

Evening Star, Issue 19710, 10 November 1927, Page 4

CIVIL WAR IN CHINA

"nationalists claim victory FIVE DAYS’ FIGHTING. fmi Asiocialion—By Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, November 8. The Nationalists claim n major victory at Liufao, Honan, following five days’ fighting, Feng Yuli-siang reports the capture, of lour armored trains, with 20,000 prisoners, 45 cannon, 100 trench mortars, and a similar number of machine guns He also states that he has reached within three miles outside Hsuchowfu, an important strategic railway centre, and avers that he will sweep Shantung clear of Northerners within a fortnight. The report is of purely Nationalist origin, but in the absence of a Northern report it is probably true.—Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable. TIDE OF DEFEAT STEMMED. REINFORCEMENTS BROUGHT UP. SHANGHAI, November 9. (Received November 10, at 1.30 a.ra.) Confirming Feng Yuh-siang’s spectacular victory at Liuho, Northern despatches report that ,the Shantung Governor, Chang Chung-elmng, tlipew- ; ing in 32,000 reinforcements, stemmed Itlie tide of defeilt, renewing the morale of the Northerners. Local Chinese explain the situation as being due to the fact that the Christian general is eventually fighting instead i of betraying his colleagues. They regard the Northern position still Hie gravest.—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.