Shansi Reported to be Short of Troops: Organizing Forces in Peking: Red" Atmosphere in North While the lull on the Lung-Hai front continues, all reports are to the effect that the National ist Armies are ready to make a decisive attack against Tsinan.
Shansi finds itself short of troops to meet and the Peace Preservation Corps in Peking is being organized in the hope of its being sent to the front.
A dispute regarding the tientsin Customs funds between Yen.
han and: Feng Vu-hsiang is among the probabilities, as is also a serious break between the Northern military party and the Reorganizationists.
"Red" atmosphere is observable in parts of Peking.
Peking, July 16.
As the -Reorganizationists who were intimately connected with the leaders of Soviet Russia during the Wo-Han Red regime some years ago. stepped on the stage as the result of the organization of the enlarged Kuomintang, Chinese certain circles are regarding the present situation with much spprehension, as if being haunted by nightmare of the Red regime. However, the Soviet Russians, in-loging M.-Slepack, the Tass correspondent here, are rather inferent. to the "activities Reorganizationists, The Shansi forces on the Tientsin-Pukow front, demoralized by] the their recent defeats at Yenchow, [Kuofowhsien and Tai-an successively, are reported to. have withdrawn their line of defence to the south-part of Tsinan, Fighting is also reported to have broken out at the Tsining-Tsaochow area in southwestern Shantung between the main reserve units under General Chen Tiso-yuan and the remnant rebels of Shih Yiu-san which have been reinforced by a detachment of the Shansi_ units. Five bombing planes left for the war zone yesterday morning to} assist in the operations—Kuo Min. activities of Messrs, Wang Ching-" and Chen Kung-po who are eager to step into power, being now entirely reduced to mere opportunists—Rengo.
Nanking, July 15.
According to an official dispatch from the front, about 2,000 Shansi rebels attempted to penetrate the Government line east of Chowtsun on the 12th instant, A sharp engagement ensued which lasted until the following-day; owing to the superior artillery of the Govern 145{ ment forces, the insurgents were MB] About 1,500 rifles, eight machine surrounded "and Inter disarmed. Runs and fahr field pieces were captured by our troops.
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