Chiang Kai-shek is a native of Chekiang and still in his thirties.
is fairly tall and thin, Always dressed in' military uniform, he Tooks quite smart. He speaks quickly but says little. He is not Interested in the press or what the press says about him, or his troops or Canton, He seldom goes out, I understand, but, when he docs, he ways heavily guarded, Reverting to the recruits, I might just relate the following ' incident which took place on board the steam= for going to Canton, A little child of four years old was seriously' and the captain agreed to put into Amoy. The recruits and Chiang's officers, who were in charge, learnt of this and they immediately sent up delegates to see the father of the child as they did not wish to go to Amoy, which port, they raid, was enemy territory and they were afraid that they might be captured, Could he guarantee against this? THe father refused and termed them "brave, bold cowards." He asked if' they would guarantee the life of his child but they could not. They then went to the compradore of the vessel and threatened him, saying that, if the vessel went to Amoy, and if, they were captured, she would be seized upon arrival in Cane ton. This seared the—com= pradore, who, after many apcals, finally secured the sanction of the father not to call at Amoy.
There is much talk of an antic northern expedition, but I must say that this is all bosh'and tosh, Piracy in the Harbour So much for the militarists, now the bandits. The question again arises, "How much of Kuangtung does the administration in Canton really control outside Canton itself This a difficult question to. answer, since T saw little outside Canton proper, so T have to depend upon my. informants, whose answer "me variably was very litle" Until cently, the Canton officials could not appoint district oticers. Now they can do #0, However, to deal with the bandits and pirates not appointees, T can say Jittle of the pirates, by the way.
Renter's reported a few days ago that a motor Jauneh crossing the Pearl River from the Bund to Honam was captured carly one evening, This occurred when I was in Canton and took place direet= ly opposite the Hotel Asia, where stayed, The river is only about the Huangpu and Boodly traffic in mity. The motor launch was leaving Honam with 98 pas~ sengers when men in a boat came up and called upon it to stop, emphasizing their order with farms. The passengers were order= Jeave the boat. They did so without the least resistance, not with alacrity, although there were not more than'a dozen pirates, and. were carried off, Since then they have not been seen o: heard of. Twas told that the nephew of high civil official was one of the vielims carried off
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