Reports from river cities show a certain amount of ae ity clu the last few di The local tary authorities are endeavouring, to raise money at Chenglin and rich Chinese are reported to be trying to eave that place with con:
The number of troops now Chengtin (Yochow) is given as between 300 and 400, The propaganda vlepactment of] the Hankow Government has removed to Chengchow carrying Jarge sum of money in silver dollars, lout the situation at Hankow is ged.
The Reds at Ki ug have been given one week (o leave, according Nationali soldiers are concerned.
According to reports which Mr. Greene has received there are Proximately 10,000 wounded Chinese soldiers, the majority of whom are Fifunanese, in Hankow, most of these having been brought down by the Fengtien soldiers in the desperate fighting which took place south of the Yellow Ri prior to the northern withdrawal.
Mr. Greene told representative of the "North-China Daily News" yesterday that the news he had received was very, scanty but this gave the tion that only those who had not been wounded in the head ar ud trunk thad been brought back to Wuhan, which meant presumably that those echo recei bullets in the body andi the number of wounded is increasing ily, conditions are becoming more id more distressing. The state of the wounded men is. indescribable.
gangrene is reported to have set in at a terrific rate, many of these being reported to be advanced state, Many of there wounds were "rotten when the! wounded were brought in and the sands of similar new ensen are reported.
The Heilunghiang Cavalry is said that the Honan fight in which the fazioce Heilang-Kiang Cavalry (one of the finest military units in. China consisting} mostly" of Hunghutze under the is the observation, bombing: and attack wuder Capt,' J. F, Mark ty and consists of ix de Haviland planes.
this squadron, also be:
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the photographie section Lieut, Trundle, The Chaumont also brought alony, transportation unit, "which is under the command of Capt. P. Conachy and consists of between 40 and 50 trucks, tractors, ete, Will They Fly?
Much speculation hus bee Jon as to whether 01 Units will take the air in Shanghai and, alth this was not known direct command of Gen, Wu IChine definitely: yesterday, it is, understood sheng, Tupan of Heilungkiang. and] jehat no attempts will be. mule, high adviser to Marshal Chang Tso-lerist for. sometime, Jin) were engaged in mowing. down With the: arrival' of the troops the Nationalists, was. even more} yesterday there are now approxi-desperate and more severe than [mately 2,900 American Marines battle between Yangistn. and Pel Shanghai'and 1,800 in Tientsin.. tsang, near Tientsin, in the spring of 1926. In that battle, it will be recalled, Gen. Li Ching-lin (former!
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