The Archive · 1933

Disorderly Soldiery

The immediate and noticeable offect "of the fresh internal trouble that the movement of troops south seems to have been slowed down, with, the result. that. the country' in the vicinity of Peking ts swarming with soldiery who are making themselves the usual mule: ance to everybody. To the east it is particularly bud, as beyond Tungchow, on the other side of the "ar-the country is overrun by the indisciplined hordes of Manchoukuo soldiery, who are looting the countryside, "'Ringchow itself ferowded with thoteands of home 33 refugees, and they have been les are empty; there is a great shortage of munitions, and. the morale of the troops is bad; having been "stopped from fighting the Japanese, they will scarcely be persuaded to start in again on each other.

Feng's independence move seems to have gone off at half-cock—20 far. Like so many political mov ments in China in recent times comes much too Into in the da; None of the more important gen-Jerals, not even his former close. sociates, Han Fan-chu or Sung Chi yuan, have, up to now, followed his]!

ad,' On the contrary, they have svared the Central Government of their unswerving fovaltye Yon Hot Shan is "reported. to. be moving troops on Shih Chia Chuang, on the Kin-Hfan Line, and on Tataay, on the Peking-Stiyuan ines but this moves more probable with a view "keeping Mis. province' intact

At present, Feng's only "backers than to ising, Feng 'Yo-tan: Seem to be'a few excbrigand chiefs and" some. disgrontied "volunteer generals" amongst" whom he has Econ" distributing "high-sounding titles and job 'On the other hand, the (Central Government, or rather' the Northern Political Council, the representative that. government, ie scarcely position to take decisive military menvures to suppress the movement Though the greater part of three foutnern divisions "are still here streaming into Peking. The wites, these days, are full of talk about military spheres, about lines of] demarcation, and about, neutral zones, but nobody on either side, seems to care a copper cash about the fate of the unfortunate inhabitants, "Revolt" Now Ended Nanking, June 12.

'The official Central News Agency feom north' China, the Feng. Yuslates that, according "to reports ang i factorily set-greed to the chief of, the JJapanese army.

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It was tentatively decided to Jappoint Gen. Pang. Pin-hsun, formerly Marshal Feng's subordinate, as chairman of Charhar. Feng was urged to come to, Na king to assume the post of Inspec-for-General of Military Training.

'Meanwhile, Nanking troops, under the command of Generals' Kann Cheng-lin, Huang Chieh and Hi Chi-chu, who fought at the Nan-tien men front, are presently moving northward along the Peking-Suiyuan, railway with the object of cleaning up the irregulars in Charhar. Gen. Fu Tso-yi's troops, according to the latest information, arrived in Kangchuan, in Shensi—Reuter.

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