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EXPECTED BREAK UP OF THE SOUTHERN ARMY,

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Mr. Rodney Gilbert, writing from Hankow on September 16th, gives a summing up of the military position biod will be rend with interest by Hongkong residents The spectacular advance of the Southern forces, he cys, supports the old foreign contention that any highly disciplined compact force with reasonably good equipment can go anywhere in China and prove the utter worthlessdess of the demoralised Chinese Army... It is assumed that the stiffening induence in the expedition has been the Ruseian inspiration but it is regarded as the Russians" last experi ment with Chinese soldiery. If it fails they will give up inancing the military and confine themselves to subterranean, work in China.

The Cantonese is described as & soldier who

goes forward brilliantly while the sun shines, the band plays and the audience ap- plauds," but he is not regarded as being capable of fighting a losing campaign.

It is thought that if the Russians ever lose their grip, if the Cantonese hold on Hankow should begin to slip, the debacle will be much more spectacular than the victory,

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And this debacle is not unanticipated. Mr. Rodney Gilbert writes: to be quite a new departure from the usual efforts, and on a much larger scale. "Wachang is still subjected to nightly, superable difficulties. The whole Ene of

There is no combined company, but the assaults on the east wall, between the communications was open to easy attack promoters have secured a number of two cast gates, but all attacks are easily from Canton to. Wuchang, Lin En's oft artists of versatile talents, each to give, repelled and are believed to entail heavy defeated followers are still operating in their special "tura, thus ensuring a southern losses. The bombing of the city the East River area of Kwangtung. In programme of wide range and from acroplanes has not been wholly in- Kwangsi there are perhaps 10,000 unsup variety. Some of the best voices in the uffectual bat has not yet had any real pressed trouble makers under Shen Hung Colony will be heard, including Mrs. effect upon the morale of the defenders Ying and the former subordinates of Womack, Mr. Horder, and Captain A few days ago one bomb obliterated Lung Chi Kwang, who would see in this Cladke, M.C., while well-known come-HANGONO BOT

heaven-sew opportunity for vagtszedians such as Major Macready, D.5.0.. Hunan three of Chao Heng Ti'r garrison to make an extra hit. The Charleston, In and Jack Grenhen" may be relied upon commanders were anti-Red. Kueichow cukolele, and newest ragtimes will be in has been raiding in Human and might cluded in a Negro Cabaret Sketch given support this cause to-day and another to by such popdiar perfarmers as Mr. morrow and therefore needed watching. Charles and Mr. AH Potta. Costume Finally in Kiangsi, the combined influence dances evolved by talented Mrs. Blox- of Wu Pei Fu and Sun. Chuan Fang could ham should strike a colourful note, while have moved a force against the Cantonese ber" turn" with a Juvenile Chorus will Bank weeks ago which should have wreck be & feature of the entertainment. The ed the whole Red scheme.

Violet, Capell School will be well repre- sented by a sole dance by Miss Phyllis Capeil, and selections by her pupila. Macready and Miss Birkett, which it is Sketches will include a akit by Major hoped will not be taken seriously by the sudience.

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A Foolhardy Attempt.. "General Tang Seng Chi, had put an end to the firing on foreign shipping, but When one surveys the Cantonese effort yesterday afternoon the French gunboat in this fashion it seems so reckless and Balny and the American gunboat Pigeon, foolhardy that it in breed in believe that were both fired upon above the city and it cou have been planned, much less felt called upon to return fire. There carried out. For this reason Hankow has is so little conceivable purpose behind been blinking in bewilderment at the this murderers practice that it can only Cantonese for many days like a grow be regarded as a form of virulent anti-up brought face to face with a fairy tale foreign demonstration.

come true. It seems still that is simply can't be, but since the situation undoubt edly does exist, it seems that it certainly cannot last.

A Complex Situation.

The longer one waits to attempt a aum- mary of this situation, the more complex it becomes and the more difficult it is to give what the reader would consider A satisfactory appraisement of it. I think that Hankow is inclined to view this as what would be described in America as the final show down" and, being a very virile and hopeful community, Hankow sees amazing improvements in trading conditions just around the corner. The wish is, of course, father to the thought, but the conviction is very general and is rapidly growing, that the Cantonese expedition will break up in the very near future and end in a most spectacular rout, while events in the Yangtaze Valley turning on both this Red enterprise and the Wanhsien incident will bring about the long deferred change in British and American policy in this country. There are, of course, pessimists here as well as optimists and the pessimists really have the best arguments on their side: but if a community can be said to have a community feeling, the Hankow feeling is certainly not one of depression.

The Swagger of Wuchang.

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When one has recovered from the shock and collected his wits, it is impossible to the pot-pourri of mixed delights on scarcity of dramatic entertainment, but avoid the conclusion that the Cantonese Thursday next promises to satisfy every have achieved amazing things. This is diversity of taste. It is hoped, then, that the first time in Chinese history that they the general public will make the most of KING EDWARD have brought a conquering army into the Yangtaze Valley and registered & clean the opportunity, and at the same time cut victory over the North

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tion. Kamakhan's folk in Peking have decd to get rid of Wu Pei Fu, just for been boasting for months about the lavish the sake of a change. The southern experture that they were making upon victory here was, therefore, heartily this enterprise. They said that it was welcome to the natiyes. That it was theis last experiment with the Chinese simply a Russian Soviet victory seemed soldiery." If it failed they would give up to be clear to no one but the foreigner. financing the military and confine them. That this community would be turned selves to "subterranean work in China, into another Canton and that the upper but as a last gamble it was going to be Yangtze trade would labour under the a big one, with an appropriation of heaviest disabilities which the Beds Roubles 20,000,000 available, and with a could devise, did not dawa upon the local large staf of first class men in actual merchants at the cutset. command. How far this will carry Can- At this writing, however, they have con's little army no one who values his taken a thoughtful turn and are, strange- reputation will even surmise, but it isly enough, speculating with some eager quite justly assumed that if the Russiansness upon Wu Pei Fu's return and watch- The key to the foreign attitude is the ever loose their grip, if the Cantonese ing Sun Chuan Fang's movements "in swagger that Wuchang is affecting. The hold on Hankow, for instance, should Eupeh and. Hunan most sympathetically.

There is a great deal more provincial capital has now been besieged begin to slip, the debacle will be much

fighting spirit in the Hankow foreign for just two weeks. In the early days of more spectacular than the victory

community than in most treaty ports. the siege the defenders, under the moral

There is very little of the spirit of com guidance of General Lin Ya Chun, com With these truths in mind, it is easy promise here and surprisingly little sap- mander of the 8th Division, showed a dis to believe that the Cantonese here are port for the policy of patient conciliation. position to consider seriously every offer riding rapidly towards ruin. One of the in the missionary commanity. It is of terms put forward by the Cantonese secrets of their success is compact or realized here with much greater clarity through their local agent, Liu Tao Lung, ganization. They are now spreading out, than in Shanghai or Peking what Red con- commander of the 2nd Division. In dissipating their limited strength in trot of the Yangtsze will mean and also cidentally the Lius in Hupeh seem to numerous little expeditions. They have that China can only be salvaged by an occupy much the same position" as the had to garrison every town from the united display of determination on the Kims in Korea, the Lins in Fukien and Kwangtang border to Yachow, which has part of the Powers the Liangs in Kwangtung. An obvious taken something like 30 per cent of their

With the Hawkins and Des effort was made to play for time and fighting strength. They have lost heavily patch towering above everything else, the Governor Ch'en Chia Mn quibbled about in the futile assault on Wuchang and are river front presents an imposing picture his purchase price, dickered for lacor-keeping a full brigade busy outside the of naval strength and the officers from poration in the southern army and show east wall of the city waging a costly and the numerous ships are an element in ed every inclination to give up under a disheartening attack upon an invulner every social gathering ashore. As usual satisfactory guarantee of personal safety able position. They have eroased the they modestly disclaim" knowledge of During the past few days these pretences Yangtsze at Shinshou, 180 l below China and Chinese affairs, but they have been altogether abandoned and Wa Shashib, they have a small force going nevertheless contrive to inspire in every chang's attitude has been one of open up the Kin-Han railway against Wa Pei gathering the conviction that the time for defiance. They now say what they are Furthey have another trifing expedition the inevitable show down", has come going to do when Wu Per Fu comes up the Han River, and they are now and that they are here to see it through. back, while a week ago they said in fighting Sun Chuan Fang on the river in All Chinese wars and victories, as Wa a very small voice that they might do so the ricinity of Wuchanghaien and in Pei Fu always contends, are much more and so if Wu Pei Fa comes back. Hanan, in the neighbourhood of Ping: psychological than material. The spirit is probably this change of front that skiang. The spreading out, it seems to all of this community is now. an aggressive, reflected in the foreign community.

observers, is the one thing that Cantonese righteously dominating spirit, which is expedition, cannot afford to risk. It ap bound to impress the Chinese in spite of The Cantonese expeditionary force, so peart also that the defence force in Wu- every disability that the Legations in far as we know here, originally included chang, which has a big wireless station Peking or our Home Governments may two Kwangtung army corps, two Kwangsi at its command, is fully aware of this try to impose upon us and Hankow's con- divisions and Tang Seng Chih's Henchow and is gaining confidence in direct edent belief in a change of foreign policy division, which is supposed to have grown proportion to the Cantoness loss of cen on the Yangleze, in the ultimate collapss by accretion to a unit of something like tralization.

of the Red undertaking, in the thorough Most of the local rumours designed to cleaning of the upper river, may quita 20,000 men...The whole force could not have exceeded 60,000, and from Shaokuan prove that the Cantoners are breaking possibly lead to the consummation of in Kwangtung to the Hsiang River in up are founded upon misunderstanding these wishes that are fathers to thoughts Human the portage of guns, ammunition The local merchants were very eager in even though they are not eren contem and other supplies presented almost in- (Continued on next Column.) plated in London and Washington..

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