Interesting Dispute Between Central and District Offices Nanking, Nov. 5.
The controversy between the Nanking District Kuomintang and the) Central Party Office is receiving the! attention of political and party leaders here. Some time ago a solution was passed by the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang censoring the action of the Nanking District Kuomintang for! openly criticizing the government) and the party. As a result the Supervisory Committee of the District Party Office resigned en bloc and issued an open letter defending their action and protesting against the censure of the higher} authorities.
It is understood that a committee' will shortly be appointed by the Central Party Office to investigate the matter. The incident is ro-garded as an important test case, for the decision of the Committee will determine in many ways how far district party offices can go in the way of criticizing the Central Party, Office, and whether the central body' will tolerate any more "supervisory actions" of the district offices, Many cases have arisen in the past when the district party offices attacked the local administrative officials. The matters at issue however. were usually of only local importance. It is no secret that many of the district party offices hold different political opinions from those of the Central Kuomintang, and this explains why the later body passed a resolution recently that half of the delegates to the Third National Kuomintang Conference should be appointed by the Central Party Office. This step will mako it almost impossible for the district offices to create trouble at the Conference, and it is being strongly opposed by the district. bodies.
The controversy between the! Nanking District Kuomintang and the Central Party Office may, therefore, grow to serious proportions, especially if the district office wins. the right to censor the action of the: Party leaders in the Central Kuomintang.—Reuter.
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