The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19
CANTON ( -
NEAR CAP7O1l,,:;
OF shanghai
Suns Army Collapsed;
His Capital Taken


SHANGHAI, Oct. 17--This city, the
"Paris of the Orient" may soon be-
come the prize Of the Cantonese arm
les, If developments Of yesterday are
any measure of what is to come. The
forces Of General sun Chuan-fang, in
kianusi province have been beaten
and routed, Marking, His capital, Is
reported taken, and, In addition, the
governor Of chekiang province has
gone over to the Cantonese and is
thought to be preparing to attack
Shanghai from the south.
Had to Run for His Life.
So complete was the debacle in
Kiangsi, that General Sun was COM
PEELED with his staff to make per
sonal fight, hiding himself on for
elgn gunboat at Kiukiang. as his de-
sorting troops turned the city over
to the Cantonese. 1t is believed they
are fleeing to Marking, above Shang-
hai about $50 miles in Kiangsu prov
ince.
General Uprising Against Him.
Two of Suns strongest supporters
went over to the Canton armies and
the reactionary general, who is one
CT the organizers, along with British
imperialist agents, of the "Constitu-
tionaI Defense League" financed by
the British, had to flee from his own
troops and civilians who had been
angered by continuous footing and
numbering of his command.
Cantonese troops are in full pos
session O. Kinagsi province and their
commander, General Chang Kai-shih,
has already started to reorganize the
leaderless soldiers who are joining
the Canton forces en- masse.
Marking, SUMS Capital, Taken.
SUMS fight to Marking, his capital
in Kiangsu province, is liable only to
result in his capture there, as it is
reported that Cantonese detachments,
disguised as civilians but bearing
arms. have entered Asasl-sae BY the
aid Of sympathetic Chekiang provin-
cial troops.
AS Suns flight took place, about
1900 Of his troops who had not gone
over to the Cantonese we're killed
when the Kuang Yuang, a British
shin of the China Merchant Naviga-
lion company and loaded with arms,
took fire in Kiukiang harbor. The
munitions exploded, discharging shells
over the city and killing most of the
800 soldiers aboard before burning
down to the water.
Loses chekiang Province.
Governor Hsia Chao of the province
OF Chekiang, the rich province lying
south OF Shanghai, yesterday declared
his province independent of Sun
Chaun-fang's rule and is reported to
he ready to aid the Cantonese march
on Shanghai.
In Shanghai the foreign police re-
serves have been called out to guard
the foreign concessions. while ten
miles south of Shanghai the troops of
Sun have torn up the railway and are
placing artillery hoping to block the
expected attack from Chekian prov
ince. the capital of which, Hangchow.
is only 157 miles south.
Little Hope for Reaction.
The only hope of stopping the ad-
vancing Canton armies from capture
Of Shanghai, is the forlorn one that
Chang Tso-lin. Manchurian reaction
airy, may send some reinforcements
routh But as Sun never helped
Chang when asked, it is not expected
nat Chang will worry much about
getting help to Sun.
OF course, there is the other hope
Of foreign Intervention on q large
scale, movement that is being or
ganized by the British.