"Nothing to be alarmed about," and the subject is dismissed with Smile. Such is the view of Canton cficials concerning the Communist onrush, About the 6th, the main force under Generals Ho Lung and Yeh Ting began to filter through the Mui Ling and other passes leading cut of Kiangsi, and by the 8th they were on the march towards Nan-yung and the more distant objective, Shiuchow, railhead of the line that connects northern Kuangtung with Canton City.
anticipation of auch a move, the garrison at Shiukwan had been re-enforced to some extent. Frantic appeals from the Nanyung magistrate brought further help until seven regiments went to the end of the railway. Yet the magistrate and his assistants figured that it would take too long to organize an 'Adequate defence corps, and they' abandoned the city. To their ica, the situation was exceedingly precarious, if not downright hopeless.
Telegraph employees, and employees of the Nanyung postal service followed suit, hence Canton is in the dark as to latest developments where the Reds are thickest, The last authentic, definite report to come in had the Ho Lung army" on the edge of the county of Nanyung. An avia-for, back from a flight ever - the county seat, yesterday denied that! the latter had been entered.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.