Recent Withdrawal from Kiang-ssu and His Past Record Paow Ore HatcHow Connesroxnnt Tsingtao, June 11.
'A member of the staff of Chi-lu University at Tsinan who returned here last night reports that Marshal Sun Chuan-fang had arrived at Tsinan with about 25,000 troops. An interview this morning with some of Marshal Sun's officers who came here from Haichow and are to join him as soon as possible, confirms the report.
These officers declare also that Marshal Sun' forces are to proceed directly to Pekin this is hardly more incredible than. much we have known to have oceurred it is passed along as news to be received with reserve, About sunset yesterday evening two sampans loaded with bread were Sent out to the soldiers on board the two Japanese vessels but up to that time they had not been allowed to land. Negotiations are_proceeding with the Governor of Tsingtao this morning. Another boat, the Shengli, is due at any time Dut as this is understood to be a Chinese ¥essel the problem of handling Will be somewhat diferent, No further word has been heard from the Haichow district, but. the emphatic denials of the' officers mentioned make it all the more eer-fain that something serious has Sccurred. These officers report a ut these have lately scattered and peace, such has not been -experienced in that locality: for more, than two months, reigns, The Previous Reign of Terror The events leading up to this raid was enough to strike terror into the hearts of all, The idle rich, 80 called, were caught and without trial many have been killed, Land re-division has been going without a semblance of justice, and threats made to many Innocent of any crime. Others who have been responsible for posts of authority in the past and who have thus made enemies have had these old grudges paid back by all sorts of injustice and some have had to pay with their lives. The latest rumour before the raid was that all people—men and women—above 30 years of age, who were not members of the Kuomintang were to be killed. Needless to say this attack on the Unions has had a salutary effect, A large delegation of the Unions from Hunan came to the Wuhan centre and have been petitioning the government to recall General Tang! [Shen-chi, to do away with Hsu Kehechiang and to restore 4 unions in their rightful place of difficult tg predict anything' about the future, but all are agreed the situation for Hunan is still very insecure and that fighting is! bound to take place in a short time: within the Province again, Heavy Losses of Hunanese 'The Hunanese have suffered in dead and wounded great losses in the Honan fighting and many wounded are being sent back to Hunan. A thousand are in Siangtan, and the Presbyterian Iospital, 'Church and Boys' School building have all been commandeered to take care of these wounded soldiers, hay very scarce in Siangtan and Changsha and in all the cities because the peasants refused to allow rice to be sent from one district to another. Even ries for the army has been difficult to transport, Business is at a standstill, and the monetary situation impossible, commandeering of boats, the inability of vessels to land passengers or cargo, the disordered flight of soldiers northwards as reported by foreign observers, become altogether unexplainable.
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