Country-folk Now Associate it With All Violence Hankow, Apr. 26, The execution of alleged Communists still goes on from day to day, many being brought in from the country districts of Hupeh and Hunan, There were five more executions yesterday, one of the victims being a J7-year-old gi who ig stated to have acted as judge on a Communist tribunal and to have condemned many people to torture and death, While the Communist terror in Hunan seems to have somewhat. abated, outbreaks are now reported from various districts in. northern and western Hupeh, The Communists are said to be particularly strong in the Tsaoyang and Fan cheng districts and refugees ing in Hankow daily tell horrible stories of the depredations of the Hed marauders, The flourishing town of Kingmen has been almost wiped out by a band stated to num= ber several thousand and, nccordine to Chinese reports, 5,000' people of all ages have met their death in the Kingmen district alone during the last few weeks.
The country districts of Hupeh are over-run with disaffected soldiers and deserters and these, together with the "Divine Word Society" and other acerer societies, fare responsible for the outrages. They call themselves Communists and are styled such by the country= folk, only been use in Central China the term "Communist" has come to stand for violence and bloodshed. The military are too busy with political strife to deal effectively with these bands, with the result that they get more and more powerful og time goes on, In the near future they will probably constitute serious menace to the larger ed against the Home Minister, On the other hand, however, Mr, Suzuki has many strong supporters among. the Seiyukai, who oppose his removal, and consequently his res-ignatian would be likely to entail {internal strife, thus weakening the party, In the circumstances, some observers consider that the Cabinet, though proposing to reorganize, will decide after all (0 resign en bloc, for the purpose of preserving unity in the Party. Mr, Kuhara's name again mentioned in some we informed quarters as the probable Foreign Minister, if, the Government emerged sutoly from the pres ent crisis.
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