Kansu has remained peaceful all te autumn. The troops of: the First Nationalist Army. swept on victoriously eastward without enfeountering serious opposition either the Pingliang or the Tsinchow districts. Now all of Kansu that is under Chinese rule, as opposed to Moslem rule, is in the bands of the victors. Besides, the Moslems have been quick to s¢e on which side their best advantages lay, and. there is no overt opposition among them to the new regime. Taxes are now imposed without merey, and the people groan under the burdens thay are put upon them But at least they have peace, and for this they are willing to pay a heavy price.
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