Amalgamation of Provincial Movement Spreading All Over Bodies Under Canton Kuangtung with Central Com-
Headquarters mand in Southern Capital From Our Own Connssrowvext, Fron A Connesroxoesr.
Canton, Aug. 11.
Canton.
'The Kuangtung Merchants' Volunteer Corps, an. amalgamation of volunteer organizations in the province, with a central command now in Canton, will be formally inaugurated on August 18, notwithstanding the attempt of the Canton Government, now controlled by th Labour to. mar The Cantonese as a people and provincial unit are not divided, in spite of a division among the politi cal leaders. The Merchants Voluntect Corps of Swatow, a port controlled by Gen. Chen Chiung-ming, has on August 3 decided to joi forces with the 120 other volunice= bodies recently amalgamated with '4 Central Command in Canton. That the self-defence movement by having issued an order instructing that the former status quo of the Canton Corps si Il not be modified until the proposed regulations governing similar forees in Kuangtung are promulgated. It is also of interest to note that the recently organized 'Traders' Union of Canton, an association of more than 5,000 business the Cantonese are tired of their resent political leaders no one who has watched recent happenings in South China will deny. In spite of an order from the Canton Civil Governor a few days ago expressing approval of the changing. status! of the volunteer movement, the united corps, known as the Kuangtung Provincial Merchants' Volunces: eta eaten Tare gation, more than 6,006 haines tar Cop Garten" Riser" Kopuee dissolved, for having failed to regis- Shtural as it reflects upon the ter in and as it corylicted present' incompetence of the gov-anita ap HE cooted present, the gov. ala tte domino the Caner] ramon. "Moreover, the leer I and is ask-have said that the people of Kuanging all shops in the city to declare tung will no longer permit the next Wednesday a holiday. militarists to have their own way.
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