Canton, Aug. 5.
Alarmed by the rapid advance of Central troops into Kwangsi, Gener aig Li Tsung-jen and. Pai Chung-h.t have decided to resign their posts, according to reports received here to-day. The decision was reached on Monday morning, at a conference of high "Kwangsi military officials Nanning, Another reason for the convocation of the meeting was the: receipt of a sternly-worded final order from Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to submit to the orders of the Central Wuchow, arrived here this afternoon aboard the steamer Kong So. They evacuated the city following reports of fighting in the environs.
Two of the group were Americans, Mrs. Roy G. Pearson, wife of ths Standard Oi! Company representative Wuchow, and Miss Helen Thompson, a missionary. The remainder of the party consisted of two Canadian and three British missionaries, and a number of European nationals attached to the Chi-hose Maritime Customs. Members of the party said that Wuchow waz quiet when they left the city, but that ominous reports had been received that an attack was. imminent—United Press.
Kwangsi Aviators Defect Canton, Aug. 6.
Kwangtung's recent history" was repeated on Tuesday aight in kwangsi, when eleven army' planes, commanded by Huang Chi-chi, flew to Changsha, Hunan. Alarmed by this desertion, Gen. Pai Chung-hsi has ordered that no plane be allowed fuel for more than a 30-minute Might Unable to withstand the pressure exerted by Central troops marching. from Hunan, Kwangsi troops yesterday began to withdraw from Chuanchow, an important military base in northern Kwangsi, to Hsinan. Both Chuanchow and Hsinan have been repeatedly bombed during this week by Kwangtung Army planes, which threatened to disrupt all communication between the front lines and
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