Jan. 24, At last we are refugees. The fact Jot Communists having come in force Into Kueichow has long been general Jnews. The first company from Kiang-which ame in at the end of [September and carried off two foreiga captives at Kuangping trailed across the astern side of the province to Join Liwo Lung and cross over into morth-west Hunan. The Kueichow [troops never ventured to try battle }with them, just allowed them to Jwhere they wished and followed to Jpick up any movable property that was left, Then came the larger force under Mao, Chu and P'en, per hay 100,000 in all. They followed general trail of the previous group across South Hunan and into Souta East Kweichow. We cannot tell when ther there was any real fighting between them and the various bodies of troops with whom they were in Jeontact in Hunan.
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