Nanchang, Mar. 14, 'The provincial authorities have received a report from the magi trate of Kian district, advising the fall of Tuan district' city into the hands of Communists. He says that the magistrate, the director of the Bureau of Public Safety and the Commander of" the Bandit Suppression forces of the ill-fated city were among the 2,000 victims slain by the Communists.
Being in a hilly district, Tuan has long been subject to the menace of bandits and Communists, After the failure of the Inst attack upon Kian and Kisui cities by the joint Communist forces under the respective leaders, Generals Chu Teh, Mou Che-tung, Pan Huai-teh, Huan Yuan and Wang, they turned their attack upon Tuan, Under the personal command: of Mr: Chi Kung-chuan, the Tuan magistrate, the combined forces of bandit suppression troops, the police and the magistrate's body-guards, were at first able to check the offenders' attack, although the former numbered only a few hundred, while the Communists were over 2,000, Early in March with the reinforcement of Gen, Chu's Communist troops, the Reds made a second attack against the city. The battle is said to have lasted with great fury for several days, till the defenders had spent all' their ammunition and were forced to sur-
On the: fall of the city a dreadful massacre ensued. Although the exact number of people killed is not.
in, it is not less than 2,000)
to the report from Kian, The magistrate of Tuan and practically all the high officials were killed and the minor government employees have been imprisoned. All the magistrate's bodyguard were disarmed, Magistrate Pan asks for reinforcements and that the, Provincial Goverament will prepare to relief works—Kuo Wer
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