Controlling Most Lucrative Portions of Shantung Wepnespay, June 22, Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's position i becoming increasingly clearer as he approaches his own troops at Weihsien in Shantung.
Marshal Son's retreat from Yangchow was apparently a strategic movement, aot dissimilar to oth troop moves ments under his supervision, He went his munitions and men up the Grand Canal during the night, before the Nat alist troops had any idea that he was leaving the place.
His troops now occupy the whole of the Grand Canal from the Shantung to the Chi borders, He also occupies the Shantung" Railway zone and the city of Tsingtao, which means that he has run two armies through Marshal Chang Chung-chang's territory and controls the most lucrative portions of it.
Mis friends claim that he has deen able to hold to all his artillery and munitions and that he still has 80,000 troops who are directly under him. His chief ad-jurant is General Chow Ying-jen, who was his Tuchun in Fukien when he controlled five provinces, but Marshal Sun actually controls his own troops and his supplies, which is a matter of some importance, as soldiers are usually available China if one has rifles and munitions.
All troops have been paid up to date, and the treasury is reported to be able to supply another month's salary, but now that Marshal Son has been able to take control of Tsingtao and the rich vice and coal lands Shantung, his friends expect that he will have ample evennes to support his army.
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