The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-25
ANKINC REGIME
FADING TOWARD
Witt COLLAPSE
antung Echoed Both
South and North

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the thought-to-be defeated Chill
ue, the collapse of Marking is
~ foreseen as Ii Tsung-yen,
ltarist of the kwangsi faction,
ned out a coup d'etat at Chang
IN Human province. against the
eminent of Chang Kai-shih.
Disintegration.
esides this, revolt appears in the
BPS sent north to quell Chang in
ngtung and in Chin province, at
ing, while the Canton com
nder. Ii Shi-san. has long ig-
ed Marking and will probably
&c the opportunity to take some
or oil his own account, while the
'rutahle old villain, Feng Yu-
ing, the Christian general" is
'ly at any moment to tear the
TT out of Marking, for which he
minister of war, by war Of his
against Chang Kai-shih.
1t this writing, fighting is pro-
Ding For possession of Chefoo,
on the north coast of Shantung
insula, between its present hold
the Marking nationalists. and
ang Tsung-chang's troops, who
besieging it after capturing a
siderable part of the peninsula.
ang is assisted by a group of old
ssian monarchist white guards,
have played the role Of mer-
airy butchers for anyone who has
price to buy them. They are
by General Nachaeff. There
'e been 700 dead and 1000
unded in the fighting which is
ng on near Chefoo, in which the
md of battle could be heard. Both
es. as usual, are looting the
ilian population.
Revolt at Changsha.
human, subordlnate3 Of General
Tipping, who was backed by Nam
e, suddenly sent trcops under
neral Yeh Chi into Changsha,
prised and disarmed the forces
General Lu, who fled precipi-
ely, leaving behind him a personal
tune of 100000. His place was
ed by General Ho CHEN, ap-
nted by the Hankow government
1 by the Kwangsi clique, who
We been thumbing their noses at
lang Kai-shih for some time.
The Kuomintang party here has
zen out a statement about the
snts i'll Human, in which all this
MOL is charged to "Commu-
ts," whom the Kuomintang
argos with stirring armed upris-
IS among the soldiers of the ina
nalist" government. The Kuo-
ntang also Gays the Communists
: taking advantage of the popular
sentiment against Japan's occupa-
n of Shantung. The party spokes- |
in stated that only last week the |
ationalist" authorities at Hankow
d arrested leaders of an extensive
pilot"
These same Hankow authorities, |
wever, seem to have no love for |
: Marking regime, as the party |
elf admits the Hankow govern
mt engineered the revolt at Chang
a, in Human, as part of a scheme
cooperation with the Canton COM (
.nders to make trouble" for Nam
e. If that was the purpose the
'olt is already a success. Nan |.
g is unquestionably worried.
The Muk6en regime in Manchu-
while it has rais=1 the Marking
G, has refused to do anything
re than that, and remains more
an enemy of than part of Nam
g's government. From Picking,
j, reports show that a violent
sh is brewing between the Picking
| provincial Kuomintang head
srters and the provincial political
neil, the latter supposedly rep
entins Marking authority. This
itical council has issued long
nifesto and tslegraphed it to
mixing, accusing the party head
lrters of being too Left" i'm
soning magistrates, torturing the
dlords to extort funds, levying
es and "by making the people
terly discontinued have ercour-
ID the spread of Communism"
Police Strike in Picking.
'EKING, Feb. 24.-Street DEM
trations in favor of the striking
icemen of the International Set
nent here, who are out demand
wage increases, caused the U. S.
rines and those of other nations
0 are scabbing on the strikers
riding the international Settle
Mt, to bar the gates to the lega-
/, quarter today. Great crowds
side the legation quarter lis
ed to street speakers, but no at
lpt was made to enter, though
troops were called out in anti
alton that such an attempt might