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the control of Kuomintang affairs in Peiping.
About
a fortnight ago two battalions under the command of
Kiangsi Kam Hon-bing, one of Chiang Kai-shek's/generals revolted
with a view to supporting Yen Hsi-shan. These troops
have marched into Southern Kiangsi and may perhaps mak e
their way into Kwangtung.
2. War in the South would appear to have come to
a complete standstill. This may be because of the
difficulty of maintaining communications in the hilly
country of Kwangsi, but more likely because of the poverty
of the Cantonese Government and the unwillingness of her
generals to push matters to extremes. Chan Chai-tong's
loyalty to those in authority in Canton has been openly
challenged in the press. His relations with Chan King-
shu are supposed to be not over-cordial but his loyalty
to Chiang has not hitherto been seriously questioned in
responsible quarters. What has excited much more
attention has been the unexpected invasion of Northern
Kwang tung by a band of four thousand communists early
in the month. On the 1st of April they captured Nam Hung, where some looting took place, and later they invaded the district of Chi Hing. They even threatened Yan Fa.
On receipt of telegraphic reports of these events the Canton Government sent a force under Generals Tsang Yau-yan and Lam Pang-shang to deal with the situation. Meanwhile a number of peasants with communist sympathies at Wong Kong and Shan Ko had risen in welcome but were suppressed
apparently
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