It will be recalled that the question whether or not the Branch Political Councils should be abolishced brought forth some very heated sessions at the Fifth Plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang last! August. The matter has again been raised in political circles here, but.
ons on the subject appear to divided, It was decided at the Fifth Plenary Session that the Branch Political Councils were to be abolished on Janvary 1, 1929. With the date only ten days away, some action must be taken and there can he only two alternatives: either the Branch Political Councils must be abolished or the enforcement of the decision of the Fifth Plenary Session will be postponed.
A number of influential leaders maintain that unless the Branch!
Political Councils are abolished, the entry can never he really unified. While the branch councils, tt is, assumed, may be perfectly willing to take orders from the Central Government, the existence of such powerful semi-independent political institutions in the provinees sidered to be not at all de There have been cases, according to reports here, when the activities of the branch bodies have conflicted with those of the Central Government, There is, however, very strong opposition in certain circles to the enforcement of the decision of the Fifth Plenary Session. This clique considers that it will be too great a sacrifice on their part to lose the powers and rights that the Branch Political Councils have so far enjoyed.
It is understood that question wi he brought up for discussion at tomorrow's meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, and it remains to be seen whether or not the decision of the Fifth Plenary Session can be enforced. In any event a heated di cussion is expected—Reuter,
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