CIVIL WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19909, 11 June 1936, Page 7

CIVIL WAR

I PREPARATIONS IN CHINA. TRAIN: GROWDED WITH TROOPS. BANKING CIRULES NERVOUS. United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright. (ltercivcd June it, 11.0 am.) NANKING, June to. lihina is preparing for ciVil \\'ar. An arirnncc gnurti ot' the Canton Arm} has occupied Hens—chow. Trains are crowded with National Government troops leaving Hankow for Chang—sha, one hundred miles north of lieng—chow. Banking circles are nervous, and the l‘car of war has caused hoary buying of Honskong dollars. TROOP MOVEMINTS CONTINUE. DANGER 0F PRESENT TENSION. BRITONS ORDERED TO EVACUA'I‘E. United Press Assn—Elem Te]. Copyright. (Received June 11. 12.30 p.m.) - ' LONDON, June 10. Troop movements continue, it is re—ported, in the, Chinese province of Hunan, but the forces of the Central Govv lernment. .\‘anking, and South china administration are still separated by the southern liunan mountain barrier. Experts in London do not believe that civil war is imminentt The British Consul at Uhnng-Sha has provisionally warned Britons to evacu—ate Southern liunan. i The British gunbnat Scarab has left i liankow l’nr ‘tlhang—Sha. The rapturr ut‘ lieng»t2iio\v is relaarilctl as unimportant: A Shanghai correspondent of the Times says that the much-advertised molfllisuitun of military forces in Kwangtung and Kwangsi. for the pur» pose of resisting Japanese aggression. Is not yet being taken seriously anywhere in Llhina, or even in Japanese rirrles, \\‘here the declaration of the Southqrcsl Council is regarded merely as a new slogan for domestic polities. The principal differences between the National Government and Kwangtlnig and ’Kwanssl are that the latter have built up powerful military organisations. over which .\‘anktng has no control, and that a large proportion of the funds used for that pur—pose has been obtained from Nanklng. It Further complication. A further complication is that a large amount. of nationalised silver. which should be deposited in the national exchequer, is now being held in | Canton. The opinion is generally expressed that the present military movements in Kwangtung and Kwangsl are concerned not so much with patriotic ebullition as a demonstration to indicate that the military leaders are not prepared to relinquish either their independence or their silver without re- ‘ sistance. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that ‘ there is a strong desire, especially among the younger elements throughout China. to oppose Japan by force. Hence what appears only an internal complication might become something more serious. The military movements up to the present have been trifling, and it would~| be premature to assume that portentous developments are afoot. until they are reported on a much greater scale.