Peking, Oct. 15.
It is officially stated that the British Minister, Sir Miles Lampson, is making very strong representations to Nanking regarding the murder of Miss Edith Nettleton and Miss Eleanor Harrison, of the Church Missionary Society, and that he is urging the Central Government to take very dras-
{ie action for the apprehension and _punihment of the criminals responsible—Reuter.
Nanking, Oct. 15. ileton and Miss Elesnor slarrison, which it is re-orted that the British Minister has forwarded to Nanking, had not reached the Chinese Foreign Office up till a late hour this afternoon.—Reuter. with much suffering to the peopl. Many in the interior cannot afford p, to buy rice but are contented eat sweet potato as a substitute.
The Kuangsi militarists take a: vantage of this opportunity to st up the population against Canton and Nanking, saying they are responsible for bringing the suffering and privation, According to these! merchants from Liuchow and Nanning, the people are influenced' by the propaganda of the Kuangsi insurgents and are habouring a strong dislike of the National Government and the Canton authorities, who are accused of working contrary to principles of enlightened: government.
'The best argument against the' Cantonese are the sporadic aerial raids on Liuchow, Kweiping and Naning. In a recent bombing ex-edition on Liuchow, the Cantonese aeroplanes threw down about fifty bombs spreading great disaster in the unfortunate city. Over two) hundred civilians were killed, and much property was destroye¢. Though intended for the Kuanj rebels, the bombs wrought havoc to the civilian population, while the: soldiers escaped all injury. The' Kuangsi generals are smart enough to hide themselves in cellars and other underground premises.
The air-raid on Nanning, the capital, proved to be more te Both the Cantonese and Yunnanese were attempting to take that town which was stubbornly defended by General Wei Yung-sung. The bombing planes of the Eighth Route Army rained down dozens of bombs fon the defenceless city, and, 2s usual, the civilians sufferer' the most damage. Very few soldiers by the bombs, and no]
ry depot was smashed. Before the raid, the airmen distributed leaflets asking the people to evacuate the town, but since pro-Nanking troops were besieging it the people had no way of escape. The result was they had to remai in the capital and faced the death charges from the air.
Sometimes rows of houses were burnt to the ground because of inflammable liquid dropped down by the aeroplanes, followed by fire torches. During this dry season the houses in Liuchow and Nanning burnt like match wood. The mil. tary depots are so disguised that the Cantonese aviators had no way to determine their whereabouts, consequently bombs were dropped on places merely suspected to be barracks or arms ordnances, The reported surrender of the Kuangsi generals turns out to be Without foundation, as they are prepared to fight to the bitter end. Li Chung-jen, the leader of the Kuangsi clique, has expressed i up with General long and refused to surrender to the Cantonese, though Young "Chang is still of the Kuangsi army, is sending a detachment of troops to relieve the harassed army in Nanning, and be hopes to lift the siege, Another unit of Kuangsi troops is attempting to retake Wuchow by marching along the Fu River, ale though they are not so well equipped the Cantonese units. The pro-anking forees in Wuchow are ready for the coming of the enemy, and the city is reinforced with machine guns, trenches, wires, ete. Pai Chung-hsi to be an excellent commander but he sorely needs provisions, arms and ammunition, The Kuangsiites be-Vieve they can hold their province indefinitely, in spite of the defeat of their northern allies, namely Yen shan and Feng Vu-hsiang, Despite that Kuangsi is a very sides the people are loyal to the insurgents and refused to ce-operate with the government troops when they captured some small towns west of Wuchow. For these reasons, they hope to carry on the struggle "for some time while! waiting for military developments in north China, They have been Just reinforced by some Hunan troops who deserted General Ho Chien and joined up with Li Chung-Jen and Pai Chung-hsi.
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