Orders Said to be Unheeded:
Kuangsi and Yunnan Recruiting with His Money Peking, Mar. 16.
According to reports received from south China, the ever-fluctuating situation, for the moment at least, is going somewhat against Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Although he has been given the title of "the Great Field-Marshal," yet nis orders seem to go unheeded. It is reported that, though he gave Gen. Shen Hung-ying $150,000 to leave Canton city, the sum being nomina ally for the expenses of moving the troops, Gen. Shen is still im the province and his future movements are uncertain. He 1s reported to have used the money thus received to buy up some of the other forces there and for recruiting others. Although Dr. Sun is anxious for the rehabilitation of Kuangtung and has made declarations regarding demobilization, Gen. Shen Hung-ying and other Kuangsi and Yunnan leaders are adding to their forces by recruiting among the Cantonese.
In view of the difficulties of reorganization, the Civil Governor is said to have handed in his resignation and the Chief of the Finance Department is reported as also anxious to resign, owing to this being continually ordered by different militarists to give them funds which he is unable to find. In addition to these difficulties, Dr. Sun is hampered by a split in the Kuomintang ranks between the moderates and extremists, who cannot agree. Under cover of Dr. Sun's influence, too, the labourers are said to be threatening the capitalists of Canton. Dr. Sun's popularity is therefore on the wane,
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