The Archive · 1927

Feng Vu-hsiang on the Fence

30,000 effective troop: of his own Ast Kuominchun, and a_vast rabble fof worthless "Honan, Kans soldiers upon not at all, knows he is on the fence, as and proposes to do. nothing immediate future. Me is in corees pondence with Chiang Kai-shek, who has appointed him commander-in-chief for the north, while giving precisely the same title to Yen Shihe shan. If it looks as though Han ow Is goings to be weaker than Nanking! he will abandon all Rossian connexions, declare the "Han Kow régine an outlaw organisation Jand turn on 'Tang Sheng: Nanking totters he will Join forces sith Tang Sheng-chi and fight whats fever alliances Chiang would then be Forced to make with the not ug Shengechi is now. in no position to fight anyone and certainly' would nat attempt to more further north without strong: allie Feng Yushsiang cannot make advance upon Peking from "Kansu, via Paotou, Suiywan and Kalgan, because he' needs all his_avatlable strength in his present position which, with Yen Shih-shan openly against him, may prove to be ight comer.

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