The reported rapprochement, between General Chiang Kai-shek and the New Kuangsi Clique representing the conservative Kuomintang official comes like a dash of cold water on the hotly excited followers of Messrs. Wang Ching-wei and Chen Kung-poh who are planning to return to power in Canton.
There agents have been very active of late in Hongkong and are waiting to return to the City of Rams as high officials, Accordi to one of these downhearted polit cians, it appears possible that Gen-oval Chiang Kai-shek at least will disavow his connection with the leftists and will incline niore in favour of Marshal Li Chi-sen's New Kuangsi Clique and the genros such 'a3 Hu Han-min, Chang Ching-kiang, Tsai Yuan-pei, etc, The reason for this latest line-up is because the New Kuangei Clique is still powerful and because the leftists have no substantial power except—the possible backing of General Miao, Pei-nan, commander of the "fron-sides" who is now in Shanghai. assigned to General Wang Ying-ye, a former chief-of-sta® to General Li Chung-jen of Hankow. The real power lies in-these four commissioners.
The provincial officials little to. do except taki rides, calling on other official trying to convey the impro thes are very busy, The most important job is that of the Comi sioner of Finance, The incumbent 'General Feng' Cho-man who, his title indicates, knows mere about military affairs than financial matters. He is supposed to be the influential among the prov commissioners, being the' "right thand man of Marshal Li Chi-sen. However, all the provincial revenue [does not pass through Feng's hands. Part of it is retained by the' rehabilitation commissioners. Fehg has been agitating for the unification of provincial' finance," that" is, not to allow the military men to hold up the revenue. This plea is no more successful than Me. T.-V. Soong's scheme for the unification of national finance. ppointed Leftists Commissioners Only in Name These leftist politicians in Hong. Yang at one time expected that Sanking would outrightly abolish the so.that "all app posts in Kuangtung would come from Nanking, Since General Chiang Kai-shek was the dominat ing figure in the Nationalist Government, these leftist politicians, they. thought, would surely be appointed to be provincial officials in Canton in place of the present alleged incapable group.
Te seems that this turns out to be an idle dream for the simple reason that the Nanking command. er-in-chief now inclines to appease the Kuangsi party and the conserva. tives. It is understood that Marshal Li Chi-sen is opposing any change of his own men in spite of the charge that they are incompetent and that they are appointed for personal reasons.
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