Peking, Oct. 7%
Firing on shipping on the Yange tze is continually growing worse, The Reds have mounted a mume ber of guns in various places and they fire indiscriminately on al) ships, Chinese as well as foreign, Miniature battles sometimes occur several times daily. The worst spot is Wusueh, where over 2,000, Communists, formerly belonging to the 45th Nationalist Division which revolted in October of last year fare in control, 1
Most of the ordinary inhabitants appear to have fled from the diss trict, The Reds here keep up a heavy fire on shipping and Chine gunboats have proceeded to the spot in an attempt to silence the Red batteries—Reuter,
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