Canton, Aug. 26.
Eighteen thousand Kuangsi troops have been despatched to defend Waichow.
General Shen Hung-ying, the second in command of the Kuangtung forces, has returned to Shiukuan on the North River in order to guard against the reported intended invasion of Kuangtong by Yunnanese troops. General Lee Fooklum, commanding the Cantonese troops, has been ordered to defend Tsungfa and Fayunshing.
Local disturbances and the requisitioning of private junks for Government transportation are dislocating river traffic in the Canton Delta, and food prices are conently rising. A Hitherto all has peep quiet at Canton. Arriving vessels and trains are subject to severe search, and all strangers in hotels are carefully watched.
The Military Government has forced General Mo Yung-hsien, Military Governor of Kuangtung. formally to dismiss General Chen Chiung-ming from the Civil Governorship of Fukien and Lin Chtlu, the defeated Defence Commissioner of Swatow, from his post. The latter has, however, been ordered to remain at his post to regain the lost territory.—Reuter.
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Canton, Aug. 29.
The authorities deny the report that Waichow has fallen into General Chen Chiung-ming's hands. The Military Governor has caused the offices of the Japanese daily "Lingan Sin Pas" to be searched, as the paper had printed the state-
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