Washington County News | 1926-11-25 | Page 2 | Troops Ordered to Aid Shanghai

rRQOPS ORDERED 1 TO olDJHoNGHIll 100,000 MOVE AGAINST CANTONESE ARMY; A BITTER STRUGGLE IS TO BE EXPECTED Russian Reds and Whites Join With The Opposing Chinese Forces; Canton Troops Seize Japanese Steamer Shanghai That the Shanghai district dis-trict shortly is to he involved in the most hitter struggle of the Chinese northern-southern warfare was indicated in-dicated In late reports from Tientsin stating that General Chang Tso Lin immediately is dispatching 100,000 troops of his army southward from Shangtung province for the purpose of preventing the Cantonese capture of Shanghai. The bitterness of the coming struggle strug-gle is indicated by the presence of Russian reds and whites with the opposing Chinese armies; more than 3000 white Russians in postion as the vanguard of General Chang's army, j while the Russian reds are assisting the Cantonese, or southern forces. Marshal Sun Chuan - Fang, commander com-mander of the northern troops in the lower Yangtze area, secretly departed depart-ed on a special train from Nanking for Tientsin for the purpose of conferring con-ferring with General Chang on the details of the cooperative drive against the Cantonese.' General Chiang Kai-shek, Kai-shek, commander of the Cantonese forces now stationed at Kiukiang, 200 miles west of Shanghai, is preparing the last stages of a campaign to drive the northerners out the entire Yangtze valley.