Home Town of Retired Officials Thoroughly Looted by Communists From Our Ows Kueiyang, Kuei,, Apr. 3, time, from Governors to yamen Fun-A force of some 10,000 Commun: were concentrated near Sihfeng yes "And they bled this city and took their riches back to their home town to the north of here, where the motor where they built comparatively superb highway crosses the upper waters of Tesidences and lived on the fat of the the Wu Kiang, a clear water stream jane. Te must be known that in sddithat travels through gorges reminis~ ion to the yield the ofclalz make ent of the famous ones on the Upper {rom opium they compel the farmers Yangtze, and debouches in the Yang-{to contribute grain to them free, 20 Kucichowtu. The river in realty they had "what the earth famous for one thing only, and. that is yielded and they surrounded them= the peculiar junk thet navigate. 1 Selves with luxury, oF what goes for lower waters. The stern is built with Tuxury, im this part of China. {twist which suggests that the builder Fugitives Smoked Out ust have been looking upon the wine The Communists, who have quite when it was over red. It" is almost good intelligence service, know all Mehtangled to the line of the kee, but was 20. denlgned. T am reliably out th, an ao they nary ware comed the opportunity. tora informed by. the well-informed na-[storehouse of the. rich. 'They made tive, so thet it can get round the sharp bhat foot for it, and before the wealthy comers of the river. I believe the jones could flee they were surrounded. native since there ino wine tu the Many' were caught in the town and vicinity of the builder. The junks do stripped of everything they had,_ and hot get fo where the Communist ae, others escaped to some rather large however, so when they decided to try teaves and hid themselves. But - the td evade the pressure ofthe Govern communists knew what to do with ment troops by. driting. southorards they crossed "the river on bamboo oko, andthe hidden ones) soon emerged to give up what they carried, fats, and made quite "good Job of the tas Now they are wondering 'Now the 'Kueiyang citizen has "no well fate cates tele What t0 do next particular' use for the Communists Barred from Srechuen But he has much thanks to offer them Ju a previous communication 1 for cleaning out this rich little nest mentioned that the. Communist polley away in the mountains; and, by the feared to be 70 got into regions where same token, he would not mind offer-there are no Government troops, and ing up as a sacrifice all the officials try to establish a. stronghold. Since that could be collected within these they' were ousted. from Kiangsi, and walls, if the people would only be penetrated this province by" way Toft alone. "Whereas the claim of the unau, they have been continuously on Communist is that he is out 40 40 the move, Their effort to break ints Srechiuen and Join other bands there fod fr he, Chinese "people a Felleve them {rom oppression he is a was frustrated by. the. Government Tuthless tyrant when he gets into Tote in font of tem and the swit plac where people have. congregated odd tr they mone which they were followed by thor homes, be ita village or city. The people are despoiled of ever tin, apparently, and escaped attention thing "useful to the Communists Inthe wilderness of mountains, con= quick "order, and, if Government {tiving eventually "to" come" In {troops are following they arrive to igenerai southward direction, in find the place literally stripped. wards the northern 3 border "They concentrated near Sihteng, and there theje presence was made known their Feconnelsance In force towards 'They. were. spotted. by and bombed, and quickly forces were afoot to establish contact with' them "Apparently. they" were making their way back towards either Hunan or the Kuang border, but what they wilt do.now that they are gain being challenged remains to be seen.
'An enveloping movement is nov being developed against them. to try a prevent them escaping' through the mountains, and in this connection three divisions of Yunnan troop are marching up from the wert, and {90 divisions of Kuangst troops are en Foute from Tuyungs, a few miles the southeast of this city, to Join the Central Government and Kuelchovw trapa at the front
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