Should such a settlement not. be reached speedily, however, there is a serious threat that the revolt may get out of hand and develop into a large-scale civil war within the ranks of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, it is stated, since the Eighth Route Army may at any moment decide to go to the assistance of their friends, General Yen Hsi-shan's "new" army.
If this should happen, and if General Yen's "old" army should then find itself in difficulties (as is probable in such an eventuality), Central Government troops would, it is declared, have to be sent to the aid of the "old" army—which would mean open warfare between Central Government troops and the Communist Eighth Route Army.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.