New Britain herald., 1930-06-05
CHINESE NATIONAL.
 TROOPS DEFEATED
Sharp Clash Still Ras@-RekIs
 Gross Yellow River

Shanghai June 5 LP -- Foreign naval dispatches tonight from Tsingtao and Chetoo, Shantung province, said the northern allied forces had crossed the Yellow river about 6o miles east of Tsinan. pro vincial capital broken the national ist troops lines. and reached the Tsinan-Tsingtao railway line in the neighborhood Of Chovtsun.
 The naval dispatches said the nationalist defenses had reorganized near the strategic railway hne, and that 2 sharp engagement still was going on al the time the dispatches were filed. late in the day. It was stated however. that service on the railroad had not been interrupted.
 Foreigners Alarmed
 The development was said to have aroused apprehension among for eigners in Tsinan. Some prepared for siege Of the city, while numbers Of others left for Tsingtao on the coast 251 miles to the east.
 This vas the second setback Of the day for the Ranking nationalists The frst Has the loss Of the import a7t city Of Changsha, capital of Hu- nan province. 10 2 motley horde Of kwangsj province rebels and bandits, known locally as the Red army.
 Dispatches tonight from foreign gunboats standing of Changsha said KWangsi forces totaling 2o,OoG men had occupied the city and that mora were coming n. The 10000 nation aIist troops defected from the cen tral China front north O. Chang chow Honan province, retreated northwacd after making feeble show Of resistance, II was added.
 Concentrated on Island
 All foreigners in Changsha had been concentrated on an island in the Slang river of the city. the dis patches explained, where they wera under the protection Of The guns of the foreign gunboats. Japanese res ldents were sad 10 be evacuatins the city, moving to Hankov. Hupey province. on the Yangtze river.
 The declared objective Of tho red army IS Hankow itself and it's sister cities Wuchang and Han yang.
 In decided contrast to most rebel victories, the red army" was re- ported n Japanese advlces to be maintaining order in Changshs. Eootlng was prohibited Ample pro- lection Of foreigners was believed pEovided by the American, British and Japanese gunboats m the har- Dor.
 Nationalists Retreat
 Meanwhile nationalist troops were reported in Japanese advices to be retreating before advancing north ern alliance rebels in Honan prov ince, The northerners inflicted se- were damage upon nationalist troops along the Halchow- Tungkwan rail way, in q continuance ot~an often siYe begun Tuesday The. opposing groups have battled on this front since May S,
 Retreatlng across the Yellow riv- CT n northern Shantung. govern ment troops were reported 10 have destroyed 2 span O. the railroa 1 bridge ln an effort 10 halt the en- emy's advance
 Al least four hundred thousand men are battling in Honan and shantung areas 10 da errrnine the future of the Chinese sovernment.
 Taking advantage Of the virtual absence Of goyernment troops in civil var, communists in Anoy and ln Fukten province generally be- came more aggressive, Red. .armies n2e.nacing the city Of Cha.hgchow thirty miles ,westfof .Amoy. did not press an attack and proTinelal troops psa.trolled the streets to provide pro- tectlon- 10 foreign millionaires in ' hofb