The Chinese papers contain a very interesting report to the effect that Marshal Sun Chuanfang, Tupan of the five Eastern Provinces, has definitely declined to consider the offer of the Canton Kuomintang to join them against his chief, Marshal Wu Pei-fu. Marshal Sun is said to have decided to support his old leader and capturing Changsha, the eupital of Hunan and the base of the Cantonese Anti-Northern Expeditionary Army, and cutting off Gen. Chiang Kalahek's reinforcements and. aube plies, The "North-China Daily News" announced a few days ago that Mr, Ho Zung-ching, a representative of Gen, Chiang, lett for Nanking to try to persuade Marshal Sun to join the Southern excuse, Now Mr. Ho has returned to Shanghai and made a statement in the Chinese press to the effect that he has interviewed the Tupan of these provinces and forth two proposals for Marshal Sun's consideration, viz that the Canton Nationalist Government should appoint Marshal Sun Commander-in-Chief of the Ave provinces of Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhui and Fukien; and that Marshal Sun should ce-operate with Gon, Chiang and take active part in the war againat Marshal Wu Pei-tu, The Theory, of Bolshevism Marshal Sun declined to consider ither of these terms and Mr. Ho made an alternative suggestion that he should persuade Ma Wa to rative from public life and that the Canton Government would be prepared to consider any. proposals that Marshal Sun may "ade Vance. Again, Marshal Sun refused to agree. He stated, however, that strongly approved' of the theories and principles of the Into Dr. Sun Yatesen but he was strongly qpposed to Cantonese Bolshevism, Mr. Ho replied that Communism, Which Canton was accused of ad-yeating, was nothing more. than mere' termas China could not and would never adopt Communistic principles. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek had been' charged with advocating Communism but this was untrue and the allegation was one brought forward by his en because there was nothing else of which to accuse him.
Marshal Sun, in reply to Mr. Ho's query regarding the despatch of troops to the Kiangsi borders, said that he was merely sending' them there to prevent stragglers from entering the province and disturbing the peace.
The negotiations were far from successful, Me Ho said, and although Marshal Sun had invited him to visit Nanking again, ko had declined, However, another representative of Gen. Chiang, a Mr. Chang Chun, has gone to Nanking to confer with the Tupan on the situation,
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