Gen. Chiang Kai-shek on the Causes of Success Gen, Chiang Kai-shek has cir-calorized a telegram to members of the Kuomintang overseas, This ix summarized by the Chinese papers that the new Consul-General has) ® follows:—capreased his regret at the difficul-(a) The following four factors ties which have arisen, and has constitute the main reason for the promised to allow the arrest of all Communists charged by. the Gar-success of the anti-northern expe risen Commander with instigating (1) We have a strong central crime. The government, and our members are hope that the indignation the united; people will die down, though. they'
(2)" We have obtained the help have sanctioned the continuation of} of the Shansi troops, who are the campaign for the rendition of} assailing the rear of the enemy; the French Concession, (3) The Ist, 2nd, and Sed Army Groups have been trained in Girl Communists Handed Over accordance with the principles of spr. 36, the Tate President Dr. Sun atthe, handing oer of satin Sen) {an the Fengtien armies; sen; and are. therefore stranner (4) Our troops are welcomed ind Yi Cheng Ssu, to the Garriso the people everywhere we so. Commander by the French authorities has taken the wind out of the (h) The overseas Kuomintang sails of the agitators. The warrants, should be transformed for the wel-were executed without dent, but there seems to be a good deal of feel Chinese residents oversrax Chinese reles that these two fare requested to invest their money for they are only about 20 and to advocate Chinese industries: years of age—cannot the real Although reconstruction work leaders in the cam paign against the is ut a standstill, the anti-North-It is thought: that, fern expedition cannot but be suc-they have been arrested in order to} cessful, and we hope the people secure information about other com. will unite and give us their full munis agents. However, itis support. generally expected that the sis will shot, and it is typical of the deb:
ing effect of these public ex.
Tue Nationalist Government has tecutions that there is a good deal of decided to impose a luxury tax on speculation as to when and where ginseng and on birds nests. tthe event will take plac Of course the agitation will be Pexine, Apr. 18.—Miss C, Stincontinued for a time, At the third nes, Who recently reached here from Berlin in motor-car, left for micating to deal with this matter tt was announced that Ichang had.
Japan to-day via called on Nanking to take back the understood that Miss. Sti French Concession and that the proceed from Japan to Valpnraixo, Wuchang Chamber of Commerce had Chile, whence she will cross South called for a boycott of French goods.
America in motor-car—Toho, A series of sixteen slogans had been prepared on the usual lines.
"Enter Tne Nationalist War Council has the nest of communists and take issued a proclamation forbidding back. the French Concession"; military officers to borrow. money. "Abolish the unequal treaties and From the merchants of the different take back Lecomte is hated. districts, The War Council, the "The Inst: proclamation says, will supply all that is necessary and there is no Lecomte has always maintained very necessity for oticers to borrow. the part of both the South Man-c¢huria Railway Ca. und the Japanese Government and created an acute conflict, culminating in a rence of protests, counter-protests and demands, 'The Japanese on the strength of the agreements signed in 1907 and 1011, contend that the connecting of the Mukden-Hailungeheny Hallway with the Peking-Mukden Railway' Would constitute a flagrant breach of the provisions of these agree ments, as such a connection would tantamount to an extension of the Peking-Mciden line to Hailungcheng, while the agreements refered to provide that the terminus of the said railway should be at the Mukden city-wall. "Regarding. the question of the rolling stock of the Taonan-Angangehi Railway.(consisting of 100 goods cars, 6 passenger curs, and 12 locomotives). the Tapanese maintain that this rolling stock, being security for the purchase money advanced by the South Manchuria Railway. Ca., cannot,
nitted to any other railway.
acomeny ete creas, The Japanese wish to make the Mukden-Hailungeheng railway a tributary to their system by connecting its Mukden terminus with the S.MLR. and have, therefore, been anxious to conclude and carry out the through-traffic agreement now declared mull and void by the Chi nese. The Chinese, on the other liliand, want to connect the new line with their own railway system only, thus depriving the Japanese of the prospective freight tralfie from the Hine.
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