Fron On Ows CofnesroxoenT a Canton, Feb, 20.
How to reconcile two Canton reports is puzzling to the majority of -perscns who have heard both Chen Ming-chu, Kuangtung Provincial Government, has given assurance that in short. order the Ki rebellion will have been divisions of infantry wil sent to Nanking to act under General Chiang's direction. But, on the other hand, the reports anent the outcome of the battle which raged fromthe 9th to the 16th at Paklau, a few miles from Wachow on the road to Watlam, are not at alt encouraging. Details are lacking; but evidently both sides lost heavily so far as casualties are concerned, and while the Kuangtung troops did not have to lose ground, their onward march to Watlam has been checked, for the moment at any rate, Wounded soldiers are being brought tack from the front, and already the colonel of one regiment, and seven platoon leaders (there are three platoons to a regiment) have been carried into the Canton Military Hospital, From what has been said above, it must not be inferred that the Nationalist cause down south is But the severe reverses that because of the mountainous nature of the country, th force is never sure of fore much smaller and much more poorly equipped. In the battle at Paklmu, the rebels are said to have reserved thei and to have inflicted great day on their antagonists with hand grenades. Fighting on their home soil, knowing every inch of the ground, oft-times the Kuangsiites have succeeded in out-manwuvring the Kuangtung troops and in badly worsting them, even when the attacking party has been short of ammunition, It seems improbable that the war in Kuangai will be over in short order; it may take months to drive out the traitors to the Nationalis cause oven if most of the Tuck chief Chen Chi An officer just back from Wuchow has told newsmen that General Lui Huan-yen has been de prived of his liberty by order of General Chen Chi-tang. That he had been invited to attend a conforonco at Military Headquarters, and found himself under arrest when he got there. Of all the Kuangsi warlords, General Lui had been the only one in whom the government officers had imposed confidence. For a time he held the provincial capital, Nanning, and was in the habit of sonding' daily reports to Chen Chi-tang, and in every way seemed to be trying to cooperate with the supreme com mander, But more recently about. all of Lui's lieutenants have been deserting him, one by one, he was driven out of Nanning, the few troops that were left had to disperse, and now it appears that, General Lui himself is under a pected of treachery. So, to this report, he is being medicine that was administered to Li Chai-sam when troops have fallen back even farther. General Tom To-yuan has given up Pinglok, and his. troops Ihave fallen back to the district of Sunto.. It is said that the General awaiting the coming up of more of his men frou Kiangsi, and that. he will renew his advance when he has been thus reinforced.
Latest advices tell of the loss of two northern: Kuangtung counties. {As usual, itis not Kuangsi or Ironside soldiers that ave stirring up trouble here, but. bandits for the most part, though. the scheme for the subjugation of Kuangtung districts has doubtless been engincerced by the enemy commanders. In this ease the name of Tang Sengming is being connected with, the invasion. General Tang is the man who deserted Wunan's General Ho Kim not so many' weeks back, running away to Kuangsi with all his
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