The Archive · 1929

Provincial Officials

A few days ago, the two delegates from Nanking left this city, going to Szechuan. "It is reported on the streets that they were not in agreement as to the nominating of Provineial Chairman and members of the Provincial Committee; as things fare, General Mao, brother-in-law of the' late General' Chow, has been jeonfirmed in his positions as Commander-in-chief of the 25th Army corps and Provincial Chairman of the province, while the Provincial Committee is composed of follow. Jers of Mao and of Li Hsin; no doubt} the hope that in this way the quarrel between the two parties will be settled.

The Provincial Assembly Hall, built before the revolution and used) for the last few years by the military, is now being repaired and fit ted up for the use of the provi "Tang Pu," ie., headquarters of the Provincial branch of the Kuohmin Party. To us who are accustomed; think in.terms of democracy, seems strange that a party can thus fuse Government property. for its 'There ate persistent - rumours abroad that' General Li Hsin is to come back to Kueiyang, presumably with some authority, and people are apprenliensive as to'what may hap-pon if this should' prove true, For the: sake of the best interests of the province, one can only hope that the Nanking Government will not sanetion such an appointment.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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