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There has also been trouble at Peita-shan, a mud-garrison hamlet on the Peita-shan range two days' drive from Sin-kiang's dingy little capital, Tihua. Last June, Outer Mongolian cavalrymen, backed by five Russian planes, demanded that the Chinese surrender the position. The Chinese held on despite some bombing attacks. They are still there, holding the Peitashan heights. Through field glasses, the Chinese can watch Mongolian patrols on the north side of the range...
...Shans? province, walrus-mustached old Governor Yen Hsi-shan (once known as the "Model Governor" because he suppressed the opium traffic) had enough forces to defend his dilapidated capital, Taiyuan. But he could not move against the Communists who now held almost three-fifths of the province. A lot of Communists had filtered into rich south Shansi when the Government withdrew troops for the attack on Yenan. "We traded a fat cow for a skeleton," say bitter men in Taiyuan. Shansi people used to admire...
...shan because he fought his wars in the enemies' provinces. That time has passed. Last week, a TIME correspondent asked Yen what would happen if the Government cannot relieve Taiyuan...
Toward the Mountains. Some of the pilgrims are slick city folk. Others are small townspeople with yellow incense bags slung over their shoulders with the characters chao shan ching hsiang-"toward the mountains to present incense...
...because of The Crisis? Candid Tories did not believe so. Said William Wallace, ex-president of Edinburgh's Chamber of Commerce: "I have a bet on that the Government will run the full five-year course. I should like to pay, but I'm afraid I shan...