Kueiyang, Apr. 3. When I contrived to get off my I the "North-China Daly Nous" valet 1 fakes three weeks for us to ope with the menace. In themselves the communists are not altogether fools when it comes. to "trekking cross country evading the Govern ment troops; and aiding them is the wary nature of the country itsd!, The more one travels through it, and Jocks at it, and thinks about li. the more is one convinced that only a miracle, or the exhibition of & crass stupidity, can corner them. Mir-fades are not likely to happen, and the communists, who have. their lives to save, are not likely to com: mit any act'of stupidity. The hundreds of square miles of conical mountains, the consistent cloudiness of the sky and the lowness of the celling for flying, help them against infantry and" aeroplanes. It. Is only fon odd days that any observation oF bombing can be done from th a and the exceptional mobility of the communist hordes over the ground soon gets them out of range of the troops. The communists have no supply columns to barrass them In their marching. Each man loo} after his own stomach, and they all feed off the country.' They have: their ammunition to carry, and a few cooking pots, and thai is all They travel by night by pressing the country. people to guide" them and the darker and the rainer itis the Deiter" they like it
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