Nanking, Jan. 2.
Friction between. Kuomintang and Tommunist troops was reported indy to be developing into bloody. feuds in all parts of Shansi and Shantung provinces.
Gen, Fan Han-chieh, who in the niddle of December formed an anti-Communist, Corps, was reported to have led his forces in a number of attacks, resulting in the massacre of many Communists and their sym= pathetic troops in southern Shansi.
'With this action, about 15 districts southern Shansi underwent political changes, while Communist elr= cles, indignant over the action of the' anti-Communist "Corps, formed units 10 carry out retaliatory sures. Struggles wore reported in progress in the aren of Fengyl.
Both sides suffered heavy losses in battle on January 0 at Kufengsha 16 "kilometres north of shih southern Shansi, between troops of the Independent '212th Brigade under Gen, Sun Mo-kuo and a guerilla unit, In the northern part of Shansi, Gen, Kuo Ting-i, commander of the 207th Brigade of the 7th Group Army, on January raided the Kolan District Government and eeptured 20 ofcials.
Numerous other clashes are
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