The situation arising out of the insurrection is at the moment of going to press extremely obscure. Owing to the absence of reliable information the present condition of affairs'ean only be in the realms of speculation.
No confirmation could be obtained on the information given out by the Chinese news agencies that British and American subjects had been advised by their consuls to evacuate Thong. In the circumstances it is /advisable to treat the rumours which have been circulated with a certain amount of reserve, However, the possibility of com-! the -munist activities in the Internation=
The Central Government yesterday received three urgent telegrams from the Kuangtung Provincial Government, reporting that there are signs of reactionary troops under military leaders belonging to the Kuangsi faction, with Vu Tsi-pei, Chairman of the' Kuangsi Provincial Government, as the central figure, attempting to invade Kuangtung in lotion with General Chang Fa-kuei and appealing to the Central Government to instruct General Chen Ming-chu, Chairman of the Kuangtung Provincial Government, who is staying in Shanghai, to return to Canton without delay.
President Chiang sent orders to General Liu Chih, now in Hankow, to start operations for the subjugation of reactionaries under the leadership of General Chang Fa-kuei, General Chiang has also telegraphed to General Liu Wei-hui and Li Chung-kung of Szechuan to mobiliza their forces in the direction of Shiushan on the border of Hunan Province, in order to check the advance' southward of General Chang Fa-kuei's troops, since the latter are now showing 'a tendency fo return to Kuangtung by way of According to a report telegraphed to the National Government by the Governor of Chun Prefecture, ce, over 4,000 soldiers to the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Group Army Corps on the 17th made their appearance in the of Lungchuchai, Shensi Province, and are now advancing southward.
The movement of these soldiers is considered as rather significant, in view of the fact that the names of a number of military leaders unier General Feng Vu-hsiang are affixed to the circular telegram issued: by General Chang Fa-kuei, leader. of the reactionaries.—Rengo,
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