Kweiyang, Apr. 4.
The attack the Communists had threatened. to launch to-day against Kweiyang, the capital of Kweichow, did not. materialise, Instead, they continued their march eastwards 'Through the mountains, Early last night, there was only one company of troops in Kweiyang, but before midnight detachments of 'Yunnanese arrived and were busy' all day preparing a network of defences. " Meanwhile, aeroplanes: fent out on reconnaissance Mights brought back news that the Communists were giving the provincial capital a wide berth.
"All. the foreign missionaries here, fearing the city would be attacked, have lett for safer places—Reuter,
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