Canton is ever fall. of intrigues and plots. The labour war between the "reds" and "anti-reds" as re. [presented by the Workers Delegates Conference and the Central Labour Union seems to be over for the moment, Now there is talk of disaffection among the members of the Canton Navy, and among. the officers and men of the 2nd Kus. mintang Army Corps, a unit com. posed almost entirely of Hunanese, A week ago the commanders of the river gun-boats Ping-tang, ying, Chi-yao and others resign. ed. According to non-Kuomintang sources the reason for the sudden departure of so many naval officers was disaffection in the Navy. On the other hand officers left for the North with nearly half a million dollars "in order to induce the Yangtze Valley patrols to tura against Marsha: Wu Pei-fa in the coming struggle in Central China, Chiang Katshek's Return It is generally believed that Gex. eral Chiang Kai-shek, who is now in Hengchow, will have to return shortly to look after the local situa. tion. Things are quiet, on the surface and Kuomintang Press reports endeavour to minimize the import. ance of the occurrences during the past few weeks, But there is vn-Guestionably a serious undercurrent discontent and unrest. One rumour elreulated is that the Ci'et of Staff of the 2nd Army Corps var executed by order of Ge Kai-shek a 0. This rumour is. api sed on the belief that the (the 2nd Army Corps) deserted as soon as they left Canton and arrived in their own provine The wireless station recently erected at Shiukuwan to connect with Canton is now in operation. For the time being, however, tie military authorities are monopolize ing the service.
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