The Thorburn Case The statement that the Chinese] Government expect to be able to]
satisfactory" report on the of Mr. John Thorto submit it to Sir Miles before the end of the; current month, is elicited from the new Under-Secretary of State for oreign' Affairs in the House of
Jeess of speeding up the report of Gogncens, 1, shows thet the pre General Chen Yih has mot been effective as was recently suggested from Nanking. It means, presum-that, Ju the course of the next shek has to admit that "it will still take some time before com plete extermination of the banditry jean be effected." In point of fact! the campaign seems to have reach-jed the position of stalemate. After having been driven southward by the Government forees, the com munists have returned, im the wake of the withdrawal of their whilom pur-ners, and are actually very much in! the same areas as when, the campaign against them began. Im Hupeh the situation is not less unhappy. There the communists seem to have made a semi-circle to the north-east round Hankow.
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