Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
CIVIL WAR STAGE
REACHED IN CHINA
Efforts to Cause War Lords
to Recognize Central Gov
eminent Blamed.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, China, March 24.-The
breach within the Chinese revolutionary
forces growing out of the Human coup
detat in February had reached the
stage Of civil war today.
Because of Notwithstanding crisis,
President Chang Kai-Shek issued a
manifesto to the Kuornintang Congress
seeking to explain the governments
position. ..4.
Some think the Human outbreak q
regional affair" the manifesto says.
They do not see that it is not an &C
cident, that its roots grow deep in the
minds Of insubordinate military leaders
for whom the central government does
not exist; who flout its orders, violate
its laws and disrupt the country's unity.
IF such actions pass unchallenged,
what Is there to prevent others also set
ting aside high officials, ,seiZing terri
tories and starting war at their pleas
ure?
Offers No Compromise Terms.
Legally and factually in the Human
coup, the Wuhan leaders actions con-
stituted defiance of the central govern
ment, destroying the country's unifica-
I'VE have followed patient policy
toward peace and reconstruction. They
have dared mobilize troops and to in
augurate renewed civil wars. The CEN
fYol dnAe MT aAAk "a
force, however. 1t offers no terms for
compromise. The revolution Is again
endangered. We will do our best to
maintain the central governments au-
thority. II they continue to disobey
the governments orders, then the gov
eminent will seek to carry out the man.
date of the party and the people"
The new crisis came as the result OF
Markings efforts to make its authority
real throughout the provinces and to
force various war lords to recognize the
central government. Nanking interpretS
the Human coup, in which Hankow and
Canton leaders ousted Marking ofdcials,
as refusal by the. Wuhan leaders to
recognize Marking.
Forced to Use Every Means.
AS result Marking has been forced
to use every means at its command to
uphold its position as the central gov
eminent, for to do otherwise would be
to admit the continued existence Of the
regional governments tantamount to
admission of failure Of the revolution
airy purpose of unifying the nation and
establishing a central authority.
The situation finds the armies OF
President Chang Kai-Shek upholding
Marking while Wuhan forces are sup
porting the contention Of Hankow that
the central government is not author
lied to dominate provincial affairs.
Hankow leaders are supported by the
powerful Kwangsi clique which controls
the South China government centering
at Canton, and whose combined forces
are known as the Kwangsi faction.
Concentrate Forces.
Ever since the Human coupe d'etat
both sides have been concentrating
forces in the Yangtze Valley in the
neighborhood of Kiukiang, Kiangsi,
and also on the Human Kiangsi border
in the neighborhood Of Pingsiang XII,
a city on the railroad that runs north
through Nanchang.
Due to the stringent efforts Of Nan
king to withhold news and its censor
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ficult to follow developments.
It was believed, however, that Nan
king had massed 10000 men while
Human commands 100000. II the sit.
uation develops, the Canton govern.
ment is expected to throw its resources
to the support of Wuhan.
Canton dispatches today said that
following upon receipts OF the news Of
the breakdown of negotiations between
Wuhan and Marking, Gov. Hwang
Shac- Hsiung Of Kwangsi ordered the
mobilization of the South China forces
preparatory to an advance toward
Human.
Feng supports Marking.
/ Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang had avowed
his support of Marking, but recently he
resigned as minister Of war on the plea
of Ill health and withdrew to his head
quarters In Honan. He was not expected
to participate actively in the present
crisis. Observers believe that in event
If prolonged struggle Gen; Feng might
emerge as the most powerful factor in
China, due to depletion of the resources
Of Kwangsi and Marking.
The increasing seriousness of the
situation during the past four days has
been reflected commercially. Foreign
and Chinese Ilrms here, that carry on
business up river. reported sharp de-
cline In trade. Merchants do not desire
to acquire stocks because Of the expect
ed hoStilities. River and railway trans
portation has been crippled due to- the
Communicating Of trains and ships for
troop movements by Marking.
G. T. Wang, Nationalist foreign min
lister, who arrived from Marking to-
day, said that the Nationalist govern.
ment had unoficially asked Great
Britain and the United States TO iii
the arms embargo on China for the
purpose of allowing the government to
obtain arms during the present. crisis.
Denies Border Fighting.
wang denied that fighting had broken
out on the Hupeh-Anhwe border be-
tween Nationalist troops and the forces
Of the so-called Wuhari group, which Is
Opposing Marking. He pelittied the Sc
robustness Of the situation. adding: In
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