Agreement Between Foreign Companies and Peking Wukiargpu, Swatow, may be safely said now that Koangtung is under the rule of Canton. Sun Yat-sen's troops have iliad very much of a walk over from Canton to Swatow. Chen's troops have suffered from paralysis—the disease that accompanies divided Jeounsel. His lieutenants disagreed, [the consequence was that the fight: ting was half-hearted and concerted faction did mot come into play. The Header of the Canton troops, Hi Tsung-chi, was not long ago' the Jchief of Cheng's staff. It was through his leadership that Canton had been won from Sun Yat-sen a few years ago. But Cheng was not ranting now in capable lieutenants.
jo had Lim Fu, who had charge funder Cheng of the north western part of Kuangtung province. He also had a very capable man [Colonel Fung who controlled affairs Jat Swatow. Both of these officers Jare most capable men. But, the one }was jealous of the other which has [brought about their discomfiture in [the field. Gen. Hi was in charge of the military post at Swatow before, until he was ousted by his rival JGen. Fung. The tables have been turned once more, Last week a most determined effort was made by Gen, Lim to snatch victory out of Gen. Hi's hands. He all but sueceeded. He swooped down from the west in the rear of Gen. Hi with what is estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000 troops. In the meantime a large portion of Hi's troops were pursuing Gen. Fung's men on the south eastern border of Fukien pro-wince. Had Lim's tactics succeeded in crashing Gen, Hi's army left to protect Swatow and neighbourhood, the whole situation would have been faltered and Cheng would be back Jagain in Swatow.
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