This catalogue from the "Y¥i-Shih Pao" would indicate that there are 159,400 rifles at work in Szechuan or on the provincial frontiers, besides other weapons, Of these, Liu Tsun-hou controls 38,200; Yang Sen controls 12,500; Wu Pei-fu's regular army reinforcements to Yang Sen control 30,000; the provincial troops under Wu Pei-fu's command control 21,200; Hsiung K'o-wu, representing the pro-southern side, controls 30,000; and the neutrals have 7,500. In other words, out of the total (putting the neutrals, aside) Hsiung K'o-wu commands 30,000, while his enemies command 101,900 men carrying guns.
, When one considers the amount of ammunition that can be wasted by this number of badly directed rifles in a campaign extending over many months, prospects for an ammunition famine, if the international embargo is made really effective, seem very bright indeed. Apart fron, this consideration there is nothing to be cheerful about.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.