Canton, Jan. 19.
Gen. Wei Pong-ping has been chosen Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese Army unti] the arrival of Dr. Sun Yat-sen from Shanghai.
The Yunnan and Kuangsi troops are disarming Dr. Sun Yat-sen's punitive army and are also appointing the heads of the Canton Governments.
Much apprehension Canton.—Reuter: is felt in The situation in Canton continues somewhat obscure, but there is no doubt that affairs are in a mess, there being too many commanders with their figers in- the pie. The city is in a disturbed state and looting has been reported from different sources.
The attempt of the Kuomintang to have Gen. Hu Han-ming, former Tutuh of Kuangtung, who is now chief military adviser te Dr. Sun Yat-sen, appointed to the post of the Army and Civil Governor of Kuangtung, is meeting, it is alleged, with opposition on' many sides. At present, it is said, there is not a single person in Canton who can properly maintain the situation and keep order and peace.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen has received numerous invitations to return to Canton, but whether he will do so is not yet decided. The possibility ies are that he will remain in Shanghai for some time to come.
We learn from a usually reliable source that the Kuomintang is, or was, planning to establish a new government at Shiuhing, with Dr. Sun Yat-sen at the head. Gen. Li Lich-chun was to have been placed jia charge of the Military Department. The scheme is not, it is said, meeting much approval. in Shanghai for the nomination of the commanders of all troops.
A telegram has been received here from Dr. Sun Yat-sen, appointing Mr. Hu Han-ming Civil Governor of Kuangtung, General Hsu Chung-chi Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese troops, Gen. Li Liehchun Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese troops pro tempora pending the return to Canton of Gen. Hsu Chung-chi, and Gen. Wer Pong-ping Commander of the Canton Garrison.—Eastern News Agency.
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