Provincial Licence or Central Authority: The Arguments on Either Side: Nanking G generally Upheld on Principle The crisis arising out of the ejection of General Lu Ti-ping fro Hunan by Kuangsi troops from Mankow cannot be regarded as: trivial, because it involves the fundamental constitution of Eh the old question of a centralized authority or a regional autho Much can be said on both sides of this question, but the outside critic need not became a partisan, for in the end, historical forces will assert themselves and will mould Ching that type of state that the political genius of the Chines? people requires.
"The Wuhan Contention Broadly stated, the conflict of opinion is over the following ques-a state of emergency and the resort midnight "military attack to
which he held by proper authority. from the civil position 5. For the sake of the country, to ensure the nationalistic pursuit establish 's credit aprond, of international relations, a period sufficient tw ive the imof nominal unification anil possible, to lay the ication and stabi tendencies, which this principle, are. anti lonalistic and "impair 4 ime of Using Arms tions.
1. The Wuhan Political council (now called Divi Council by the Kuo Min News, Agency!) assert that the National Government can function in Hope's and Hunan only through the agency of the Wahan Council.
They complain that Generar i-ping had previously accepted jreetly from Nanking and without the consent of Wuhan.
They call attention to the fa that the pathway between Hankow and Canton vid Munan is blocked in ru, whom they accuse of being int that there can be no hope for China, no reconstruction, no develop xs long a settled forees existing machine ey which Kuangsi might have against a employed—to protest of Nanking's. measure which they found object Even if they desired to. impeach' Chiang Kai-shek, they might have done so before the Supervisory Yuan or the Third Party Congress, which is only a fortnight off.
There are many of the Kuomintanse Leftist and by various Communist leaders, who although not generals units which General Ly Ti-ping. has sympathetic to Chiang: Kai-shek, are supporting him -in this quarrel, of four provinees, namely, Hapeh, peoaune thes feel that yw cum and Ruangsi.' than to take us arms Fheg. privately call attention 34st to the fact that General strength hay come Kabshek is ways manwuvring in to reconcile various provinees for the dissolition of the authority of may be in control of thuse provinces and that these intrigues have led to constant turmoil, 20. ver, to bring the gene that there is mo peace in the country king. to seat them about a table id the era of reconstruction in Jaccordance with Dr. Sun Ys n, i" postponed, An indivisible 6 and to yet them to sign agreements which, if-only on paper, never:
indic nee 10 single "he adherents of General Eh -shek and of official Nankinye or im the followi authority of the and authority of Volitical Subs a were delegated by the Ce minment to function rei acer was extended to derives feat authority: not from the ws form "president; ite coreser of the Ku oF to the use of armd by the auh-Council, hich makes him the foremost per fonalty in Eh of the the Disbandawent Con- Party "an ference, the disposition of troops Government. th 5 had. been agreed upon, Kuangsi Joining in the conference an "it~ decisions. A definite procedure had been evolved for transfer of a Standing Committee, of Generals Chiang nye Yuchsiang, Yen Chi-sen, Ho Ying-chen, and Messrs, T. V. Soong and Hu Han-min, was appointed for that purpose. "It wax clearly stipulated that the transfer of troops from one district to another could not be ordered except by this or with its] approval,
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