CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10] — Page 453

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had marched into Kiang-si overcame the enemy wherever they marched with as little difficulty as they would split bamboos, thereby threatening the whole of Tiang- si. Chau Yam Yan then proposed to relieve Kiang-si, but at present he is still sitting on the fence, and no news of any mobilization of his troops has been received. On the contrary, General Ho reports that he himself has completed his preparations, and before long will be able to march into the South of Fukien, where our enemies will be unable to make a stand, and

will be easily conquered. Ha Chiu of Chi-kiang has already expressed his willingness to come over to our side, and we shall be able to settle the question of Chi-kiang without troubling our troops. Moreover, the people in Kiang-su and Chi-kiang are filled with fear and terror when they recall the misery caused them by the destructive actions of the Mukdenese during their occupation of Kiang-nan (South of the Yang Tsz Kiang). Before the memory of this has faded from their minds, they have now again to fear that on the defeat of Sun Chun Fong, the lukdenese will again come down to the South to attack his rear, and

that the same misery will befall them as in the past

year. Therefore they have now communicated to us

their eagerness to seek our shelter. This shows the

popularity we have gained among the masses, and we are full of hope that we will be able to unify the whole

of China. This is the outline of our military work

during the last week.

I now come to the political work of the Nationalist Government. As regards the change of the strike policy, it has been resolved that the pickets

should

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