The position of Marshal Feng is Ypivotar in the polities of the day.
has won the war. With the exception of he 4th Army, none of Nanking's troops showed any eapefor stati work or for beliting, Peng Ya-hiiany saved Chiaiye Kat-alick's forcen at Tsuchow,. Taining and Taian. He eaptured'the out:
ts of Tainan before Nanking's mies reached Taian, His. troops, were never Involved. in the quarrel with the Japanese at Tainan, the 4th, 40th and Sth Nanking armies being largely responsible, with eeasional sniping by Chen Tino-Yuan's troops along. the Shantung Railway. After the Tainan fu: ident," Feng Yushsiang's troops Continued the advance northward, Sriile the Nanking troops retreated to Tsian and. Usuchowtu. His rack troops under. General 1 Chung-tin were in Front of Machang hen the armistice was arranged Ju all this. Bghting since fast Aust. he has lost 8,000 men. His Tat Kuominchun of 30,000 men hat
Best fighting force and the most Femail Intact "and pail the mobile "army. in China. Whereas Chiang Kairshek hat added mere nambers to hig-army until he had Za0,000" men. between. Hsuchowty and Tsinan, Feng Vu-bsfang. has fuded no troops, but has kept his army ft, The Nanking Government is now aced. with the sevioux problem of establishing lig. asserted national authority. "Te it becomes the reformized national Goverament—not Fecognized by foreign: Powers, but by the provinces of China, then China will ipso facto be unified and 8 new era entered upon. If, on the other hand, there is a. pro: Jongation of regionalism, then there will have to be more wars unti cither China is unified "and centralized or the rights of the provinees to factual" self-government are recognized, The Struggle over Taxes 'The issue over which this struggle will eventuate is taxation. At present the Nationalist Government collects taxes in four provinces, Chekiang Kiangsu, Kiangsi and Anhui. "Shanghai contributes the longest share of the amounts' collected. Shanghai, including its foreigners," paid for the Northern Expedition. dt is true that some of was sent to Feng
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