It is learned that Moscow hi structed the Chinese Communists to spread propaganda among the Cantonese troops. The military authorities have ordered all high officers to watch the rank and file of their army to prevent "Reds" from recruiting as private soldiers. Moscow realizes that, in the event assistance from the Following of action, no fewer than 60 soldiers have been detained on suspicion of being Communists. One colonel in a garrison suspected the secret movements of one of his privates and ordered a search of his belongings. In his bundle of clothing, an important document written in Russian was found. The soldier was unable to explain where b he got the paper and has been detained pending farther investigation.
The Border Menace More menacing are the Red towns set up in the Kuangtung-Hunan-Kiangsi border. Generals Fan Shih-sang and Hsu Hsia-chang are garrisoning the northern border of Kuangtung and they have made some effort to keep out the Com-munich forces.
These generals declare that within 'a month all the "Red" troops will be wiped out. However, this is but an official declaration and must be taken with the usual grain of salt. These two generals are not attached to any of the big Marshals and are more or less independent, They. have only a few thousand men which may be easily outnumbered by the "Reds." Marshal Li Chisen does not provide adequate supplies or money for these fighters, hence their
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