Can it be said of other parts of China that Yuan's control has strengthened! An outstanding event of the year has been the collapse of the White Wolf raid; and the fact that one can so describe what at one time looked like a ious bid for power is in itself a partial answer to the question. The beginning of the year found White Wolf in south-west Honan and on January 8 an encounter between his followers and Government troops took place at Sinantien, some thirty to forty miles north of Sinyangchow on the Peking-Hankow railway. From Sinantien he moved due east, sacking Kuangchow and Shangching whence, before the end of the month, he crossed into Anhui visiting the cities of Huoshan and Liuanchow ith fire and sword.
The latter was the most eastern point of the raid and from it the' Wolf turned back towards western Honan, escaping the troops in command of the mountain passes between Honan and Anhui. On March 20 came the news that Kingtzekuan in south-east Honan had been looted and that the brigands had crossed into Shensi, Before the end of the month it was announced that Langchuchai had been sacked and the district of Shang-laid waste. Huhsien and Chowehih, j River and Wukung a little to the north of it were attacked shortly afterwards, the news of each event coming considerably after the date.
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