Hankow, Feb, 18.
The alliance between the Chinese Red Army (now the Sth Route Army) and the Kuomintang is by no means: Armly riveted.
'Many Chinese Government leaders} here express the view that the Chinese Communists should not be relied upon tery far. 'This, of course, is due partly fo the bitter social cleavage between the respective groups' on. which the Kuomintang and Communist power 1s] based; but it'ls also a reflection of the Chinese Government's disillusionment over the "Prospect of effective assistance from Soviet Russia.
The well-known Red leaders, Chow En-lai and Wang Wing, who are both In Hankow at. present, are openly
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