The above telegram was shevri to a foreign resident of standing. in Canton who at present is in Shanghai and he said at once that it did not cause him any surprise. If he Tightly understood it, then no more than the Cantonese been expecting for some time—a supreme teat of strength between the extreme out-and-out Bolshevists and any others who did not agree with "them down to. the smallest Particular. He was not at all optimistic' as to the result, being convinced that it would be in favour of the Whampoa cadets, who are a really fine body of troops, trained and officered by Russians, well armed and sternly disciplined, and in every way superior to any' who might be expected to oppose them.
According to our informant, however, the battle would be bat the tacking them or of making a defence if attacked.
Hu Hansmin will not need any introduction. Wang Ching-wei once was a Government official and had. served as Minister abroad. His sympathies were with Sun Yat-sen but he is anti-Bolshevist. He has been more or less in retirement, Tsou Lu is the head master of the Kuangtai School, one of the in the province." Wei Pang. former Chief of Police, is Sun Yat-sen partisan but Bolshevist. Liang Hung-kai was general in Chen Chiung-ming's army, but after the latter's defeat he went over to Sun Yat-sen: another anti-Bolshevist. Chiang Kai-shih, General of the Whampoa Cadets, is described as a desperate Bolshevist. Hsu Tsung-chi general in the Canton army and has occasioned some surprise by changing over and becoming a rabid Bolshevist, but there are doubts as to his loyalty to any party as he is notorious for jumping about on both. sides of the fence.
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