Enthusiastic Over Canton: Reconstruction Enforced Gen.
Chi-sen, Chief General Star to the National Aries and chairmen of National "Disbazdment and Army: Reorganization Commission, arrived in Shanghai on March 11.
Shortly after his arrival he received Messrs. Chang. Chih Kiang, Wa Ti-hai and Li Shih-tsen with whom he conferred on the Hunan situation. He then called on Gen, Li Chung-jen, the Wuhan Jeader, during the afternoon and this conference, likewise, was kept secret.
In the course of an interview with the "North-China Daily News," Gen, Li stated that he had heard rumours whilst in Hongkong ut the Hunan trouble and he was at present making an investigation of the matter, #0 he did not desire to ex press any opinion, He - believed, However, that counter-revolitionaries were anxious to break up the Third National Kuomintang: Congress and that this was part of their plans. He did not' anticipate that the trouble, if there were any, would have any tung. Nevertheless, desire to study the eases of 5
We had heard that Gen. Li Chung-Jen has tendered his resignation ince his arrival and hoped that Gen. Li would reconsider his decision anc continue to work for the counts Questioned with reference to the situation in Kuangtung," Gen, Li stated that, without attempting to boast, Kuangtung at the presen: time was better administered than any other province throughout the country. Everything was peaceful!, leed it never had been so quiet before. As a matter of fact, he could say that it was even more peaceful than in Shanghai, for at least there were no armed' robbers or kidnappers in Canton. The bandits in the West River and North River Districts had been exter~ minated and the Bias Bay pirates had been cleared up. There were no Communists or Red Russians in Canton at the present time and absolutely no sign of Moscow's influence. Strict "and thorough! searches were continually being made for Communists and all apparently had sought places where their skins would be safer.
Reconstruction plans were being enforced vigorously both in Kuangtung and Kuangsi and road-building was making considerable progress. In Canton and its suburbs alone more than 8,000 li of roads had Veen constructed during the past Few months and good roads would spread out in a network as soon possible, Chungshan District, the hpluce of the Into Dr. sen, was being transformed into a motel district and it was planned to ing prove as many other districts possible within the shortest vorsible period, Questioned with reference to dis Yandment and the Canton Arsenal, on, Li said that the Canton Arsenal was continuing to fanetion since no oficial orders had received from the National Govern-mont, but steps already had been taken to wind up ite altairs, As to army reorganization, Kuangtunst had reduced its military standing to five divisions in place of the former three army corps, each consisting of five divisions.' The disbanded soldiers had either been repatriated red into useful Iabour-
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