New Britain herald., 1930-10-28
Fear Advance

Honskong, Oct. 2S P,-Fear that kiangsi province communists who have occupied the city of kian since October 5. have invaded the south efn part of the province was felt here today when efforts to con- municate with Kanshow by wireless tailed
 sThe local government stations calls to kanchoW went unanswered, leading to the belief the reds had interfered with the Kanchow sta ton, which Is within the walls of the city.
 Kanchow is a city of 25O,00O pop ulation, poorly defended with only 1000 troops forming the garrison. The city is four days march from lian. At the latter city recently red leaders indicated to. Bishop Magani and Father De Jenlis, Cath 6lic missionaries. that they planned to invade southern Kiangsi. The two missionaries took this informa- tion to Kiukiang, Kiangsi, when they were released by the bandits to ob- tain ransom for IA other mission aries held as hostages.
 There are 13 foreign missionaries at Kanchow. Six are American Catholics, five British and two Ger man Protestants. All the Americans arc priests of the Vincentian order. Bishop O'Shea of Germantown, Pa, seads the Catholic group.
 Go to Canton
 A message from Shiuchow, north ern kwangtung province railroad Senter, today stated the American priests. Fathers John Mclaughlin of Brooklyn and Edward Young of Jam estown, N. Y, who were sta tioned at Nananfu, kiangsi, left that city October 9, crossed the Kwangtung border and were head ing for Canton.
 kiangsi province fast was becom- sng the center of China's communis- tic movement, virtually the entire province was overrun with peasant class reds while communists consti- .tuted the provincial government, functioning in almost every dis trict
 The principal red stronghold was reported situated northeast of 'kanchow on a plateau 50 miles square and approached only by a narrow pass between high precipices. The entrance was said to be we'll .guarded.
 Modern guns render the area Nir- tually impregnable.
 The plateau is reported rich in cultivated lands. indicating the reds could hold out for many months # besieged.
 At Tungko, 100 miles eastward, is the alleged communist military . academy, where red leaders are trained in northern warfare.
 The "big three" of the communis- tic movement now dominating China are all in Kiangsi province at pres ent. They are said to be Gnu Teh, German educated, cultured mili- tary expert; Mao Chentung, a French-speaking propagandist. and . PenE Teh- -Huai, who is known as the DlOOQ -LnlrStIeSC man III CHlld as the result of his numerous bar barous. wholesale slayings. . Peng is reported frequently to re- sort to indiscriminate killings fol- lowing upon the capture of some new locality, thereby seeking to es- tablish profound respect and au- thority.
 Last June, after his capture of a community of S0,000 in southern Kiangsi, Peng. opposed by the townsmen, was said to have or dered the wholesale staying of men, women and children. the butchery lasting the day long. Thousands , were reported to have been killed.
 Reds At Nanchow
 Hankow. Oct. 2S Pl-Communists were reported today to have cap- tured Nanchow, northern Human province, where they killed 100 Chinese. The fate of two American missionaries. ore man and one wom- an, stationed at Nanchow, was not