Faupay, June 3.
According to Nationalist reports, they are.in occupation of the rai way station at Hsuchowfu and pro-ably by now of the entire city. There is also ample confirmation that Marchal Feng Vu-hsiang has actually take possession of Chengchow, foreign telegrams having been received to that effect. But from Hankow, reports. appear to the effect that Changchow was taken by. General Tang Song-chi's troops. Marahal Feng Vu-hsiang is associat ed with Moscow, as it is understood he is, it matters little whether he Tang Song-ehl took this ity tu On the other hand, nothing is said ofthe attitude of the Red Spears Society toward either Hankow or Feng Vu-hsiang. The defeat of the Fengtien forces was a result more! of the opposition of these peasants, than of the capable fighting of the southern or northwestern armies, At the same time, it i not at all certain that the Red Spears, who are defending their homes and villages: against alien militarists, will join another group of outsiders. Chi-nece political circles are seeking. positive information on the subject, but nothing is available.
'The position of Marshal Sun's troops is not at all clear, He is retreating toward a city called Suchien, but his armies are sti holding' an important sector northern Kiangsw on the east flank of the Nationalist forces, He can still control egress on the Lunghai Railway to the sea, But his 'alliances and associations are not clear, nor is it known exactly why General Chiang Kai-shek does not. force him to capitulate or to retreat to Tsingtao by sea from Haichow, at this time when there is no Shantung army to protect, his rear and flanks. No explanation available in Shanghai, although many guesses are made, from the suggestion that Sun Chuan-fang actually reached an understanding with the Nanking Government to the likelier one that it costs too much In men and shot to defeat, Sun's army decisively.
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