The Archive · 1929

Demand for Loyalty

cox. srectaL sex rice Peking, July 5.

The development of a new opposition party in China, whom he described asthe Reorganization. alists, was revealed by General Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the National Government, in an interview with the United Press.

While General Chiang does not believe this party will get far in its opposition to the Kuomintang which now controls the government, the: energy with which the National Government chief assailed the group.

leates that its growth has given him some worry The Reorganization party, General Chiang declared, had been developed. by disaffected groups, formerly com vades in the Chinese revolution. added that many of its leaders were unscrupulous men, who were ejected from the Kuomintang because they' did not support the principles Inid down by the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The opposition had apparently got a stronger footing in north and northwest China than in the south, General Chiang said, and suggested that his recent visit to the north hi opened his eyes to its activities, He ere fore, devoting much of his time to "an exposure of its iniquities, both in public speeches and private conversations.

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