Canton, Mar. 6.
It is reported that a split in the} local Government is imminent, in fact some say that it has already taken place, There is a certain amount of fighting going on on the East River front. A large movement of troops is taking place here, probably in that direction, The strike pickets appear to be getting increasingly unpopular. Many of the strikers.are getting discontented with their condition. would appear that the pickets are losing ground in their old tactics of terrorism as there is.an increas: ing number of employees coming to Shameen, though it must be ad-ted that' they come from other ports and that few of the old ones says that General Chiang Kaitshek will soon resign as Garrison Commissioner of Canton, he being ported as having said that no one could really control the Canton situation with the presence of an organized body of men who could defy authority, General Chiang, while supporting the strike and boycott in principle, is said to be disgusted with the way Messrs, Wang Ching-wei Soong Tze-ven, Chan Kung-pek and, other Kuomintang leaders have been backing the strikers. General Chiang is said to be calling for an carly termination of the "anti-imperialist" boycott and Mr. Soong Tee-ven, Kuomintang Minister Finance, was to be sent, to Hongkong to re-open negotiations with the authorities there towards this
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