Recent Abortive Coup d'Btat Intrigues and Robbers aes A Comnesroxvest Amoy, Jan, 30. intolerance and jealousy combine to form the ingredients of the pot of political disorder which continues to seethe throughout Fukien. In' the northern half of the province, the contents of the pot have recently burst off the lid. According to Tatest reports, the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Chen Kuei-liang is now. in Poochow endeavouring to readjust it.
General Loo Hsin-pang seems to be the fire under the pot causing the present over-boiling in Foochow. For many years he was a bandit in northwest Pukien. When the Kuomintang invaded the north was commissioned a Major-General by the Nationalist Government, and at the same time two of his brothers Loo Hsin-ming and! Loo Hsin-ing, were elevated to the rank of Brigadier Generals. This gave him a ireless which has since made Loo Hsin-pang a prominent factor in the politics of Fukien. It has enabled him to keep many of his Influencial followers in. government offices throughout North Fukien, fand to hold several of the most important posts in the Provincial capital, such as Commissioner of Salt Revenue, which is the most important financial post held by Chinese within the province, and membership in that important body, the Provincial Council.
This group of Provincial Council. ors, appointed by the Nationalist Government in the autumn of 1929, have met with much difficulty dealing with the Loo party, and in. carrying out decisions which ran' counter to the wishes of Loo Hsin-pang's minions.
The Council Arms Itself Aa a result of this situation, Ling Dee-hong, said to be the brainiest member of this Council, conceived the idea of enlarging the small Provincial Constabulary into division fully yarmed. This Constabulary, being subject to the orders of the Council, and being' the only force which' would take' orders from it, contributed very much to its prestige and authority.
Sometime before the recent coup in Poochow, differences of opinion arose between the Defence Com missioner, Ling Teung, and the Provincial Council. Reliable reports state that Ling Dee-hong threatened to bring his entire Constabulary to Foochow and disarm the Defence Commissioner. order to even the score in the tlement of these differences, the Defence Commissioner allied hi self with the Loo party, and prevailed upon the leaders to seize control of the Central Government. of the Province, and imprison Tenders of the opposition, enemies of the Loo party, on the charge of being counter-revolutionists, secretly planning to unite the Left Wing, or more radical political elements of the Province, against the present. Government under the leadership of the rather doubtful General Chang Chen, Defence Commissioner of the District of Changchow, and the strongest man in South Fukien. Plans were. quietly and executed in Foochow on January 6, 43030, when.an oficial dinner feast was' surprised and broken up by the uninvited entry of soldiers. wae seized and carried away with them six important guests.
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