Shanghai, Mar. 22, Reparations are being made by the Hunan provincial authorities to meet the advance of over ten thou and communist-bandits who recently crossed the border from Kiang snd have gained several east of the hai Inst, night, "The said to have the situation in hand.
"The band now threatening Hunan append to be the same that a few 'Weeks ayo made a determined but futile drive against the Nanchang-Kivkiang Railway. 'They were then dlofeated, after some severe fighting, fand retreated towards the Hunan boundary' through southern Hupeh, crossing' the boundary at Tung: shen limier their leader, Hsito Koh, Grove. southwards, meeting troops beloneing 0, the They captured Pi inno boatAfty ies. novthenst Changsha, and even advanced a forcen Luyange about tireyeave Trller east of the provincial capital, Wnded soldiers nave. been, trams: Portal ack to" Chanssha, tent the seventy of the Aghting Kiowa of the. na vance brought
Cneaced. along the Kiengst border rsnforeoments which had bess {o'the south ack into the Changsha peed. Gon. Ho" Ghten the provincial rover Horeported to Be tivecting opens" Cons' against" the Great. Chnnesiva in considered: to be well Getenter ana, while the real of Srounfed there occa is said to be no Gause for alarm. has not been advanced materially, so that the Kuangtung farmers have not, benefited at all While the tax wizards are busi studying the problem of compet tion of foreign with domestic rice, the Military Administrators Kuangtung are bringing more acres of Kuangtung land under cultiva: tion. Muskets have been. discarded for shovels and rakes, and hundreds, Of buck-privates are tilling the soil in the rural districts where they- are Posted to, keep down banditry.
There has gone out to each of the Military Administrators the order that they shall carefully survey the country within their dominions, to note in what parts as much as 6,000 mow of rectaimable land is to be found in one section, "Wher ge tracts exist whole divisions Will be sent to put the plough to the soil, and to sow. their first crops. Some of these hitherto un: planted acres may be privately owned, in which event rent will be paid to the owners.
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