Two Provinces Join in Defence x Move the Kuangtung army. The, natives lof Kuangtung, it is said, have of Tate shown a powerful disinclination to join the army, as military fife is their opinion "full of hardships" fand, what is. more, may possibly en-* {ail'an expedition to the North.
'The, Kuangsi recruits are apparently inured to hardship and are willing. to risk a possible, thought very remote, military adventure in return for' assured subsistence. They will be trained and command: Jed. by Cantonese officers.
'Kuangsi, unlike Kuangtung, is not rich province, and the contribution its depleted' coffers is expected to forestall all. possibility, for the
against Kuangtung were direc ous expeditions of a. military
fet so. much. for obtaining ade ministration of the province than for seizing its revenues.
General Li Chi-sen, who two years Jago. contributed financially to the projects of the Kuangsi militarists, living in retirement in Hon id ig zat expected to parti pate in any" further campaign most of his troops are now incor. porated in the 1st Group Army of Chen Chistang and, besides, Teained that expeditions sometimes make greater intos fagairst a bank account than the enemy, Since the establishment of an me Jdependent government. in. Canton, the military, naval and ait forces Hhave™™ lacked "cohesion, General Chang 'Hui-chang, conimander, of tthe air force, and Admiral "Chen Chak, commander-in-chief of the Inavy, seem' to be more friendly disposed towards the civil leaders fof the government than they are towards General. Chen Chi-tang, situation General Chang Fah-kui of the so-called "Ironsides." General Chang, it is stated, tendered his xe~ signation on finding it impossible to lead his troops to Heilungkiang to assist "General Ma "Chang-shen.—
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