The Kuangsi faction state the case somewhat differently: to them: it is @ struggle between unification fand purification; that is, they are willing to become a part of the Nationalist Government if that they usually are able to enforce their will on Ministers, most often with regard to the appointment of relatives and followers to important positions, 'The trade mark trouble! arose, for instance, through this form' of nepotism, the Trade Mark Bureau being, for the time, more powerful than the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The dominant personality Chiang Chi Government is so "purified" that none reniain in i, who are objection able to themselves. Nanking, like its predecessor, Peking, demands obedience; the provinces' or groups of allied provinces fight for autonomy. Thus, we return after a few, short months to neo-militarisn, to the feudal Expedition was to bring to an end, to armies marching to and tro and nite soldiers using the revenues of the nation in their personal me tores The problems, however, differ from that which faced Peking for some 16 years of Republican history in that the Kuomintang, as a poll tical party, ing members. throughout the country and in certain specific instances, those members obey the mandates of the Central Party Headquarters in Nanking. When, then, there is a conflict of pur note and opinion between local rulers and the Nationalist Govern. ment, the authority of the Central Party Headquarters may be a factor in determining the course of events. Tt is for this reason, that the really clever politicians prefer participation in party affairs rather than in the Government, The Little Men's Chance Furthermore, any new war must Joe a war for mere personal aggrandizement. The Northern Expedition was fought for the vnifica tion of the country and the fuiflment of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's will But what can be the purpose of a war now?
The Kuangsi faction might con-ud. that they are fighting Com-wunism, but it does not sound con-Vvincing. Geneval Chiang Kai-shek may again insist that. unification of the country under a strong contral government is a necessity, but all Chinese are weary of a slogan which his ever failed to bring results since Yuan Shih-kai first uttered it, Therefore, no man dares fire the first shot. For he would be regarded og responsible for all the misery that followed, But the Tittle fellows, with no veputations to Jose, whose tiames ate hardly known, can intrigue with each other and with great names, and they can. fix shots and start wars. Therefore, there is the Hunan Auto-Nomous Movement, which is distress sing the South, and the rebellious movements in Marshal Feng Yue hsiang's camp.
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