the "Kiangsi districts have Joined the Red'"Army' and turned. terror.
ists because they could "no, longer bear the oppression of the Tangps and. the corruption "of the local cials was revealed. tovday. by Gen. Vu "Han-mou,, Commander of the "Cantonese First Army, in "a statement describing prevailing conditions in this Communistridden Central China. province.
Gen. Vu whose troops have recently' successfully driven the 'Reds from' North' Kuangtung back to their Kiangsi Tairs "and" who has Just returned to Canton from the front' to report. on the results of the operations during' the last five months against the outlaws, hes fiver' a "graphic account "et the fighting of Taya and Nanhsiung where the Reds made a desperate attempt to vanquish the "garrison forges: and gain control The. eds. greatly out-numbered our troops" he said, "hutewe out maneuvered and routed them by re-Sorting to guerilla warfare."
'The Cantonese commander disclosed. that" over 60,000" Communist troops. swooped down. from' Fukien and Kiangsi and.mado a sudden at tack on the border towns of Tay and' Nanhatung vith the object of Pete alt ation at thie tines. was penetrating North Kuangtung. most critical, "but swift reinforce: ments turned the tide of the battle and: saved both cities from: felling into the hands of the invaders. would "appear" that "had these' two towns fallen to the Reds, the situs. tion' would have been fraught. ith grave possibilities as the Communist emieg would have advanced into oth Kuangtung and Hunan, The Cantonese troops, 'Gen. Vu stated, fought more than, 70 battles with theratiacking Red during the past five months, the. bloody "encounter at' Tayu and Nantslung lasting fully five days, Gen. "Vu" condemned in. strong terms" official" corruption in' the Kiangsi districts which, he said, was largely responsible for the growth of the' Communist movement and me fluence in the province. ite stated "The majority' of the. Reds were, fe Press Union Photos, found to mix up with the Iawbreakers on account. of chaos and disorder prevailing in' their home-Jand where corrupt offeials and local bullies held swa; Shocking cruelty with which the Communists put. their" captives: to death is also Fecounted in the army chief's statement, Prisoners in the camps of the Reds suffered indescri= able tortures before they were alled in many cases, they were actually' burned or boiled to death.
"Glangsh, which was formerly' a peaceful province, has ceased to en-doy tranquillity since it was oscuplby the Communists," he declared, 'The marauders have' not only fold waste every" town' they. captured, Dut also treated the inh cruelty beyond description, Speaking. of the organisation of the Red armies and the tactics they. employ in consolidating. their" post ion and enlarging their Influence, Gen, 'Vu revealed' that the Com: imuuists' organised themselves into five different units, namely, (1) the Red Defence Corps, consisting of Bandits and, tevverat; (2) the Tents," and Independent divisions; uerllas; (3) Independent
(4) the Red Armies and (5) Com: tunist Youths Corps, made up of boys and girls, game of whom' are below the age' of 14, Although they have suffered re-hold strategic points In Kiangst ares Im Kuangtong, the Red remain a menace" to "the border towns. Repulsed from Tay. and Nanbsiung, they are now back' in Yutu, Hsinkuo and: Suiching which have served as. their, strongholds for the last few years. Thus Kiang to-day still remains a hotbed Communist-banditry..
Gon, Vu suggested that effective! regional authority "must. be established in the various districts if the Communist menace is even to wiped out at~all. Without proper and actually functioning, ft wt be Fegional government being set "up utterly "impossible, he maintained, to uproot the causes of the expan: sion of the Red strength and. in-
Te National Government has issued a mandate -eulogising the deeds of the late General Ma Fu-hsiang, former, chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, and. granting $50,000 towards his funeral expenses. Gen val Wang Shu-han, chairman of the Chihli Provincial Government, has ordered to represent" the Government at General Ma's funeral,
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