(Continued from page 478.) generals who are made of coarser Stuft than. himself The strength of the North-eastern Army to-day in Shensi hay been Variously estimated, from as high 200.000 to as low. s 30,000, From what the writer heard they were well over 100,000, but scattered over the northern part of the province. Yang Mu-cheng has about "another thirty to fifty thousand of his own. Put nen fighting machine both these forces are negligible; they have never dune uny proper fighting, not even against bandits, When" the 16th Route Army revolted in Fukien way bombed out of that within two weeks by the Aeroplanes of the Central Govern= ment. It had not a ghost of 9 chance and suffered very heavy losses which completely disorganized ity resistance, Yet the 19th Route Azny was probably one of the best trained Mehting units in China, and of indnitely superior mettle fo the seallywat forces now in revolt in Shensi, revolt would not stand chance of lasting a week against a determined attack by the combined forees of the Central Government The problem is, of course, greatly complicated by the fact that the rebels ore holding the person of the Gene ceralissimo og hostage. Whether this should Influence the armed suppress slon of the revolt is. question that only the National Government ea decide. But the record of personal cowardice of the rebel leaders ant their generals is such that one may be inclined to believe that, if they were completely surrounded and were left chance of escape, they would sur-Fender the Generalissimo unharmed, order to save their own skins. ment forces. Skirmishes ure Fortod to have occurred between the Centrat Government troops and the Insurgents outside Sian city yesterday News emanating from the Lung HRaiway Administration states that there Was 2 clash between the units under Gen. Yang Hu-cheng, Director of the Sian Pacification Hesdquarters, Jind the insurgents under " Chany Hsueh-liang yesterday, The sound of gunfire was audible within Sian City Sksuo Min.
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