The Kuomintang army—headquarters are reported to be puzzled General Chen Chiung-ming's official admission of defeat ea:
Canton and by the orderly withdrawal of his forces without much resistance.
Tt is reported that Namyung the north is being threatened by the anti-Kuomintang forces and that reinforcements are being rushed there from Canton.
General Chen Chiung-ming is now at Waichow and his opponents boast that they wil within the next 10 days In view of the capture of Sheklung by the Kuomintang, the Civi Governor of Canton has ordered the postal authorities to restore post office communications in that direetion within three -days. The telephone service between Sheklung land Canton has already been restored to order.
It is alleged that light offenders being released from the prisons Canton on condition that they enter the military transportation service, and that coolies from the streets' are also being pressed into this service. It is stated that over 1.500 of them have been pressed st few days.—Reuter's Pacific recess of Sun's Men Canton, Feb. 14.
The joint forces of "the troops of Dr. Yat-sen's party which have definitely taken the offensive the section of che East River districts have occupied Shenehuan with a very strong force, as. the result of which the whole line of the [Canton-Kovwloon Railway, traffic on which had been interrupted for a ong time owing to the presence of the troops under General Chen Chinn-ming, has been recovered by Dr. Sun's party. It is stated that the railway track will be duly re-Paired and: traffic'on the line be resumed. in the near future.
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