The Archive · 1930

Opposition to Militarists

Peking, Mar. 27.

Mr. Chen Kung-po, a prominent supporter of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the well-known leftist Kuomintang leader, and other members of the Second Plenary Session of the Kuoded as the arrived today from Tientsin where they had conference with General Yen Hsi-shan's representatives.

After a further conference here they are going on to Taiyuanfu, Shansi, this evening. It is under stood that they oppose setting up anything in the nature of a Military Government in Peking, but suggest that 2 Central Secretariat should be organized here now. If later on, Government is established they insist that it must be through the Kuomintang.

The main feature of the situation ie the activity of Marshal Feng Yuhsiang who, since he arrived at!

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