Slowly the cause of the trouble leaked out. The troops under the Kuangsi commander Feng Pao-tsu were being disarmed. When Wuchow fell into the hands of the Constitutionalist forces about the middle of July, Commander Feng with his troops turned over and joined the Kuangtung forces, and for this was promoted +o the highest military position in the city. Since then all had seemed to go well, but recently it was reported that Commander Feng, was playing "a. double game, and was forwarding arms and ammunition up the Fu River to the retreated forces of General Shen Hung-yin, and thus preparing the way for the Kuangsi forces once more to take the city. This information soon reached the ears of those higher up and it was decided' to disarm. Commander Feng's-troops,.. Accord-
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