A number of Chinese merehantmen and warships are being held in readiness at Kiukiang, Nanking, and Chinkiang to transport three divisions of Government troops to Fukien, possibly Amoy and Foo chow, according to reliable information received here yesterday from Nanchang, The preparations on the part of the Military Cow of which Gon. Chiang Kai-shek is chairman, to land 80,000 men Amoy and Foochow are to counteract the activities of the Communists and the 19th Route Army the southwest of Chekiang. Te is believed that an attack on Fukien by the sea route will deal a severe blow to the Fukien army, possibly leading to an early suppression of the revolt.
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