The Cantonese expeditionary force, so far as we know here, ti with-a large staff of first class men in actual command. How far this will carry Canton's little army_no one who: values his reputation will even surmise, bat it is quite justly] assumed that if the Russians ever loose their grip, if the Cantonese hold on Hankow, for instance, should begin to slip, the debacle will be much more spectacular than the victory.
With these troths in mind, it is easy to believe that the Gantonese here are riding rapidly 4 towards ruin! One of the secrets of their success is, compact organization. They are now spreading out, dissipating their limited strength it numerous litre expeditions. They] have had to garrison every town from the Kuangtung border t> Yochow, which has taken something] Tike $0 per cent. of their fighting! strength, They have lost_heavily the futile assault on Wuchang and are keeping a full brigade busy outside the east wall of the city waging a costly and disheartening attack upon an invulnerable posi-'They have crossed the Yang-originally included two Kuangtung|tze at Shihshou, 180 li below] scme, corps, two Kuangsi divisions Shashiby they Shashih, they have a small force have, 9, small force the highest Legation authorities
manner to the writen At he could of see how. Red control of Central China under Russian: patronage would make things any more dificult or uncomfortable for the foreigner than they already were, Tt was quite easy of course to indicate what would happen to trade.and. industry if the same policy were followed Hankow as at Canton. The high authority. cheerfully admitted that trade would be cut. down to a minimum and life made dificult for the individual resident, but said that he had official. relations only mind and that he had been thicking that these mightrbe no less smooth and comfortable, This is the typical Peking attitude and the point of view which Hankow finds it utterly impossible to share with Peking. 8 here are exceed: ingly resentful of the propitiatory attitude towards both military ex' ploitation and Red trouble making adopted by their ce-religionists in Shanghai and Peking. " With very few exceptions the local mission follo believe that China needs severe discipline, are strongly it support
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