According to a new division of spheres of influence, the Hunane:
li occupy the East River di tricts" and the Yunnanese the North River while the Cantonese and Kwangsi-ites will defend the West. River. So far there is no development in the military situation, both "Dr:. Sun and General ' Chen -Chiung-ining ha ing failed to obtain the financial support expected from their friends. Neither army shows any tention to fight unless it is first money and plenty of In addition to.the several units \of-non-Cantonese troops in Canton, Dr. Sun has recently com. missioned more corps commanders to recruit for a northern expedition against Peking.
Supporters of Bolshevism have so far failed to influence the more reasonable leaders of the Kuomintang in Canton to include Tis' political and economic prin-les in the recently adopted Kuomintang programme. For a time was feared by the Oantonese that Bolshevism would be adopted here, While it is true that the Chinese Bolsheviks have made am effort to dominate the fas" been taken by" the local resent regime, no formal action} authorities one way or the other, fand there is good reason to believe Dr. Sun Yat-sen will not tauetion. the introduction of this policy into Canton at pre-
Ww, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Quo Tai-chi, Assistant Secretary, are now visiting Mukden and outsin on behalf of their chief on a political mission, but it appears that up to the present their negotiation have not proved, satisfactory.
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