A forther indication of the disruption in the forces can be seen inthe fighting which has. been taking place ona small scale up) the Han River between two com: anders. One of these was ordered to join the Northern Expedition, Dat was so dilatory that suspicions were aroused andthe other commander was ordered to hasten the departure. It is understood. that neither argoment nor force succeed-in getting the unwilling troops to move.
Asked as to the prosneets for the future, the view is expressed by formants, that the organization Gt the Red Spears is so. defective hat the movement will collapse. Already it is found that communists have secured admission to the bands with a view to perverting the movement for their own. purposes, and there is no one man With sufficient authority to order the expulsion of these undesirable elements, If a Honanese were installed as military governor of Honan and the burden taxation were reduced, the Red Spears. would probably revert their old status as, village trainbands and devote themselves to their farming again,
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