bandit followers in the Kien dee Chu-Teh and his Communist.
trict are more firmly established than ever and troops are arriving daily in large numbers, from the Northern Expeditionary' forces advance upon this" communist stronghold. Soviet governments have been set up and reports have come through that the land in the Yunghsin district has been, or is to be, divided up, three mow to each "adult. Much damage has been done to property all through the Kian and Yunghsin districts, and Kian itself has been on the verge of capture several times but as yet has escaped. Wild tales of atrocities are reported. So far as is known, all foreigners from that art of Kinngsi are either in Nenchang or on vacation in Kuling.
Yesterday a public collection was made in Nenchang by boy scouts and girl guides on behalf of the sufferers round Kianfu,
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