The Cheng Hsueh Hui is centralizing its power upon the Kuangtung Provincial Assembly, in addition to taking over advantageous military positions. Mr. Lin Cheng-hsun is again claiming his former post of Speaker of the Assembly. Tf he succeeds in re-instating himself, his party will be able either to dominate the Assembly or to paralyze its activities by wholesale absence from the sittings A contest for the Speakership, or failure tu form a quorum, wil] make the choice of a Civil Governor by election impossible. It is most likely that the Yunnan and Kuangsi troops will continue to exercise political power by appointing officials to the civil departments the Government, and inability to form a civil government will mean rule by the military.
The danger confronting the Cantonese is that these Yunnan and Kuangsi troops will not move towards the East River to attack Gen. Chen Chiung-ming and scatter his present force until the Kuomingtang is able to offer them favourable terms and provide them with funds not only for present purposes but for the settlement of arrears of pay. In addition to this, the divisions of the Cantonese Army which mutinied against Gen. Chen Chiung-ming are for the most part mer-canaries and will remain loyal to Dr. Sun Yat-sen only as long as they are well supplied with funds.
The so-called Punitive Army, enrolled by Dr. Sun for the overthrow of Gen. Chen Chiung-ming, will ultimately be disbanded after the commanders have been paid off. Any opposition to disbandment will at once be seized upon by Dr. Sun's opponents and will inevitably lead to a renewal of trouble.
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