The Archive · 1927

Communists on the Yangtze

Exodus from Kiangsi Conditions Quieter at Kiukiang Reports from up-river siate that a Nationalist official has arrived og Shasi to take over the Customs, the Post Office and the opium office, position which Yang Sen refused.

At Kiukiang the Commissionon for Foreign Affairs, Lin Tsao-hoh, is now living. in the Concession, Local reports state, also, that there is a general exodus of Communiste from the interior of Kiangsi_ who are arriving in Kiukiang on their Journey to Shan At Wahu no strike has been called was rumoured might be for a time, and the situation is described easier now. The Commissioner of Customs has been assured of hie safety, and" the general calm thought to have been due to. Steadying influence exercised by the arrival of Gen. Chen Tiao-yua

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