rtherners' Plans Still Uncertain: Tronsides in Need cos Orw OwN Comnreroxoext Hongkong, Apr. 29. king generals amd politicians have flooded Mr, Wang Ching-wei_ with telegrams urging tim to proceed north to take charge Kuomintang affairs in Peking. This leftist is still sojourning in Hongkong without expressing any Sntention of proceeding immediately for the north. At present he is apparently satisfied to watch dev-clopments in the present Yen Hsi-shan-Feng Vu-hsiang combination Sgainst Chiang Kaicshele and ty write lengthy editorials for the "South China Daily News," a local vernacular newspaper founded by the supporters of the Reorganizutionists.
'The real reason why Wang Ching-wei still remains in Hongkong' is Yeeause the northern generals have snot yet decided whether they should use the Kuomintang as a means to ally all the troops in the present fight against President Chiang Ka.
Outwardly the northern re requesting Wang to go ing, but he is not sure what tort of support he will have upon arrival at the former capital. fording to close friends of this Xuomintang leader, he prefers to extend his stay in this colony and Jeaves matters concerning the Reorganizationists to Mr, Chen kung.
Mr. Wang Ching-wei and his AMlow Reorganizationists ave great-Jy disturbed by the frequent guests by General Chang. Fa-kuei, commander of the so-called Ivo sides, for funds to supply his troops, 'These soldiers need move ammunition, as much has been used up in the long-drawn campaigns with Cantonese and Chiang Kai-shek': forces, The Reorganizationists depend on the overseas Kuomintang Jor remittance to support them and their troops, but money is not coming in 30 fast as expected. It is learned that if the Ivonsides were well provided with money and amyounitions they could take Canton Jong ago. "At present, General Li Chung-jen, the Kwangsi militayiat in Nanning, is partly supporting the Li also needs money for his des with funds and provisions,
Kuangsi soldiers, adler-general in Chang army denied the report of General Chen Chi-tang that the Kuangsi-ironsides are numbered no more than 13,000 ragged and wortiout troops. General Chen returned to Canton from Wuchow last weekend and in a weekly memorial service at the Kuangtung Kuomintang headquarters yesterday morning declared that the enemies have been scattering far and wide without ans further power to fight. General Chen suid that within the next few days "a general attack will be Jaunched against the insurgents by his divisions together with the allied forces from Kweichow, Hunan, and Yunnan, The Canton commander Expects to clear the Ironsides-Xuangsi rebels ina very short time and will send hie army up noth to Sight Feng Yushsiang and Yen Isle shan.
"This sound very well to the of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Min-chu," remarked this Tronsides tier to your correspondent. The Kuangsi campaigns have been dragging on for more than two months without much success on the part of Chen Chi-tang's troops. But th: newspapers in Canton and Nanking have been reporting success after success of their units which if true would' have cleaned up the entire province of Kuangsi - Ironsides soldiers, while the actual fact 8 that our enemies are still holding their own positions without "daving to advance father west, If the pro-Nanking troops ever get into our ines, they! aire surely enveloped and des: toyed." This general admits that his mea are not well supplied with munition: and are not fully paid. but he says that as soon as Yen ifsi-shan and Feng Vu-hsiang" capture Hankow and Hsuchow, the Kuangri-Tronsides will simultaneously launch a counter-attack against Generals Chen Chi-tang and Chu Shao-hong.
Although the Kuangsi forces hav: few aeroplanes to combat those of the Cantonese, the former hide the mountains whenever an enemy machine approaches for its deadly 6 Consequently, the air forces
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