Hankow, Apr. 18. fighting in the Hong Lake district has now. died down after the strenuous fighting of the past lweok. The communist centre has been practically broken, but it. is geared that the Reds are massing for aefurther heavy attack on the 10th Army. the Reds are re-Fa, ghe tin eas ported to have left 2,000 dead on eld, but they carried off their wounded when they retired. Ishow the fierceness of the fighting, ithe Government losses, are reported ito be correspondingly heavy, among ithe 1,700 casualties being 'a number of senior and junior officers.
Hankow has been the of "Red Flag" (the Soviet "International") for more than a week and yet very few Chinese or foreigners knew it although they heard "the {tune played.—Reuter.
Nanking, Apr. 19. dispatches received by Government authorities from Nanchang to-day reported that Government foroey in Kianget were, making considerable headway in their communist suppression. campaign, Serious Aghting is now occurring: in the Hsinkuo and the Yuta dis ttiets between combined Kwangtung-
Ki Viang and his ordered to proceed to defend Amoy againat the troops of the rebel leader, General Sun Liang-chen.—Reuter.
Hankow, Apr. 22.
'The Hupeh Clarification: Promoting 8 which was inaugurated 'To [here on April. 9 by prominent generals, bankers and merchants for the' purpose of as ing the Government in the suppress ion banditry in Hupeh, has now issued yparticvlars of the' $3,000,000 bond which te be floated in this provi The executive committer [Rnnounces that all the "rich gentry Hu ave 10 subscribe. to subscriptions to the loan are as follows.
"the ich gentry" is based upon the value of property held by' individuals, Those who josses property of the value of 320,000 or over are, ce dered to under this head The amounts of subscription are follows:—
Vauur or Prorenry me 50,000 3 200000
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