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Changteh, Hunan June 11, Our Jong period of rest from political and military disturbances was suddenly broken' last week by the capture of Changsha by the Kuangsi party, headed by Chang Fa-kuei_ and his "Ironsides." All Southern Hunan seems to have fallen to him with very little resistance. General Ho Chien who had wed Changsha and retreated on low the beginning of last week, arrived- here on Monday night, bringing vith him most of his my. It 1 not known what ree sistence he put up to the advance of the Kuangsi troops, but it appears that Chang Fa-kuei still retains his reputation for fighting and no one in these parts care to engage him single handed. There report that the Hunan troops e allowing Chang Fa-kuei to "Bite off more than he can chew" ted and then surround him from three sides.
Considerable tension is being felt ere, the authorities fearing that bad characters may take advantage of the situation, are staging daily exertions, Witte "UNO" HABE "WEEK upwards of 30 have been removed from the gaols and shot among them being one woman, held on of robbery. One of the 18 feigned death and when the soldiers had left, got up and ran away. It reminds one of the days of the Roman amphitheatre when ow see large crowds gather to witness the executions and to linger for hours watching the ve= mains of the unhappy victims.
Another disastrous fire occurred [here some days age perhaps the largest in the Some thousand homes were troyed and 5,000 people rendered homeless. It was feared that Communists were at work again, which ewused the military to make seaveh throughout the cit.
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