Canton, June 3.
On assuming the post of Cor mander-in-Chief of the Anti-Communist South Route Expedition appointed by the South-west Political Council, "General Chen' Chi-tang jost_ this" morning as Com. is ied a circular telegram to-day, mander-in-Chief "of "the Southern 'The Communists have been most Route Anti-Communist.- Expedition active in Kiangst for in' Kiangsi, Pullen, Hunan, Hupeh declared General Chen, "so T shall and Kuangtung. He was appointed send General Vu Han-mou, cam-by the South-west. Poitteal Counci aber having be gpa tothe inlanding the first army, into Kiangsi to suppress them. Vu has fought fame Post by the Central Govern fought over a hundred battles ment curly last month, and the eeremany of inaugurating him took place against the Communists in southern ind western Kiangsi, which are now the Council Auditorium ae 11 8 practically swept clean of these evil At "the ceremony Mr. Hsiao Fa-elements, "The Kiangsi people are ina gh, afleyadminintering ce oth terrible plight, being stricken. by famine and other torments. Many have ended their miseries by coming suicide, General Chen.
"Besides sending troops to ward off their humiliation," General Chen poke and condemned the armistice concludes, "I accept' the concurrent in North China, ost of Gommander-in-Chief of the In response, General Chen Chi-Anti-Red forees of the South Route tang made a speech and also op-Expedition and shall renew my pored the step taken in the North. efforts to annihilate the Red hordes He confirmed that, the anti-Japanese for the welfare of the people." armies of the South-west had already General Hsiao Fu-chen, who a reached the Hunan border and that the entire dth independent division rainlstered the oath, said that the expedition to Kiangsi was possible had left this mornin because the bandits and Communists in Kuangtung were suppressed General Chen urged the Party
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