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With the city of Canton temporarily safe from capture by the rebel armies of Kwangsi (TIME, May 27), the Nationalist Government turned last week to face the most serious test of its three years of life...
Last week, with the well-equipped Kwangsi armies only 25 miles away, the wily aristocratic Governor of Kwantung, General Chen Ming-chu, sent out a messenger to the Kwangsi rebels. Would the honorable enemy cease its advance on defenseless Canton in return for a sub stantial cash award? The practical-minded Kwangsi generals thought they would, but considering their favorable tactical position, the ransom must be a heavy...
They demanded $285,000 per month for an indefinite period, plus war munitions and supplies from the city of Canton, minus any interference by Canton authorities with the Kwangsi opium trade...
Kwantung's Chen accepted with alacrity. The Kwangsi troops ceased their advance. Wagon loads of silver coin, food and munitions were sent out from Canton to appease the besiegers. Foreign correspondents sent squibs to their papers describing this example of Chinese warfare...
...mobilized, equipped with hand grenades, field artillery, machine guns and submachine guns, took the field, led by a squadron of 20 roaring battle planes. Kwantung gunboats shelled the rebels from the river. Kwantung airplanes shelled the rebels. For days the line of battle wavered to and fro- ding, dong-Kwangsi. Kwantung. The Kwantung airplanes and gunboats finally settled the scale. The attacking Kwangsis retreated with heavy losses, leaving 1,500 captives...