It is learned that two British taken to wee that such relief is 3upplemented so far as possible. The fact that an. empt ch is the Best advocate of I 8s, and Tawlessness the best friend of Communism, has not been forgotten, 'That, however, is a possibility which can—even' if with consider able difficulty—ye forestalled. "The! Cohorts of disorder have another and perhaps: more deadly weapon in re. Berve—a return to a "weak-kneed' foreign policy." At present the po. place {8 united behind the army opposing the Japanese, But the moment there is talk of peace, and concessions, the opening arrives for the agitator. It issfeared that he! will lose no time "in turning the:
of feeling to his against those in authority and outside the foreign areas 'The Communist' menace, in the interior is greater than it has ever Been before. Accorting to rep from Hankow, the Reds are vi 'a few li of the Wuhan cities, where fax more concern is felt over their proximity than over the Sino-Jap: hose clash in Shanghai. An inform ant recently arrived from the ti dle Yangtze aren ventured the opin. fon to the "North-China Daily News" that the Reds could take' Wuhan almost whenever, they wanted to. "But," he added, "chy should they want to? They would only lose} a number of men killed and probably draw upon' themselves alor fof unwanted complications. They fan extend their power without fighting on account of the rotten fess of the soldiery which opposes them. Owing to the fact that they phaxising the failure of the! ant Communist campaign which was augurated and pursued under the auspices of General Chiang Kai-shek melt, have withdrawn before the Reds protest against. the Government's "weak-kneed" policy the Japanese issue, From all account, they would have withdrawn under any. pretext. Authentic me formation is to the effect that most of them under the rank of colonel have not received any pay whatso-fever since the fifth noon of last year, Up to that time they had Received only a percentage of what, though in many ty that their generals and sen-jor officers carried with them suff cient money to pay them up-to-date, In the circumstances, they ask, what inducement had they to lay' down ust Reds were fighting with the certain knowledge that, were they captured, theirs would Le'a short shrift?
The full story of the capture and reeapcure of Tungku towards the fend of last year has never been told, Yet "it illustrates the point just made. In that case the Govern. ment troops knew that their general was carrying silver and notes suficient to pay them. He had been carrying it for months, according to the best Chinese sources. The troops entered Tungku because, the Communists evacuated it, The Communists, fully aware of the mutinous condition of the regulars, attacked. The regulars laid down their arms without a fight, Tales of battle light of 1.200 metres.—Reuter.
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