The Government troops along the frontier make no demands whatever fu the local population; they pay for What they use and very frequently have 10 pay Tigh prices demanded) from those they are here to protes:. Szechuen has a psychology peculiarly fil iis own, the epidermis of whic itis very hard to penetrate. And the Government soldiers fighting the Communists know something of the antagonism. which surrounds them. It is somewhat dimeult to explain, but the local Chamber of Commerce and the wealthy merchants rather appreciated a demand for $50,000 10 be paid to-morrow at twelve o'clock, and they rather enjoyed the fun and fexeltement of hunting up this large sum of money.
The National troops now Aghting: the Reds in Szechuen make no such demands and have moreover flooded the frontier with reliable national currency, yet there is a secret force! fmilitaling against them which Gen.
finds dimewlt to overcome. The border may yet come under martial Taw and this is possibly the best thing. tat could happen.
Tachienlu Is cold and windy, mow and high and short of food andthe Hunan and Kiangsi troops. have no more desire to stay here and starve wan they have 10 live on Faneld yak-butler tea. Gen. Li has on occasions spoken very severely 10] the inhabitants reminding them of fancy prices they have demanded for Implements he has used in their defence. In public speeches he has appeated to the patrotle school boys to verify the truth of the statements the has made.
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