Hankow, Aug. 26.
A message reaching here from Changsha states that the Com-maunist troops, which are reported to have entered Liuyang, consi of the main force of the' so-called 4th Red Army, under the leadership of Chu Teb and Mao Tse-tung, and a part of the th Red: Army, under the command of Peng Teh-hui.
The women and children of the Japanese residents, who had been refuge in Hankow, returned to Changsha on Monday afternoon but were forced to remain on board the steamer off the Changsha bank due to the restless situation town. All of the Japanese residents in Changsha' spent the night on the island.
According to the message, no outward change in town has cccured so far but steamers bound for Hankow are full of refugees fleeing from Changsha.
In addition to the communist menace, the local _garvison. troops: are divided into two _antagonistic factions due to personal enmity between Generals Chi Hsu-tao and Liu Chien-chu. The impending: clash of arms between these two factions add-further clements of, restlessness of the-town.—Rengo.
The: Mystery. of Changsha:
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