New Mayor Late Secretary of Gen. Chen: Students and the Proposed British Loan Canton, Nov.
Canton will have a new mayor in Mr. Kin Chang, retiring president_of the Canton Government Law College. Mr. Kin has been a secretary to General Chen Chiung-ming, Commander-in-chief of the Cantonese Army. The Canton Executive Council is composed of the mayor, and the heads of the public works, health, utility, educa tion, finance, and police depart" ments. An; auditor and the Legislative Council check the work and accounts of the Executive Council.
Dr. M. M. de Colbert, tha German, who is still being held in connexion with the bomb outrages in Canton on October 19, has not yet been formally tried. So far: the evidence against him seems) weak, and he will -probably be; requested simply to leave the city; upon his release. He claims German nationality, but it is understood that he was born in Canada and also has American passpeiis. None of the suspects held s" far have been tried or convicted.
Censorship has again been instituted in Canton, and reports of students and labourers opposing the proposed loans are_ withheld from the press. Two Kuomintang papers, the "fa-Kuang" and the "Shun Pao" of Hongkong, are refused admission.
The Canton Army is) being reorganized" so as to have many brigades instead of but five divisions. Through this measure, no military leader will be given too large a strength, most of them holding the rank or brigadier-} general. The commander who has two brigades will be the highest officer under the - Commander-in-Chief, who is now General Chen Chiung-ming.
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