The Archive · 1936

DANGEROUS UNCERTAINTY

The visit of General Sung Chehyuan to Huanghoyen where he is ve-Ported to have conferred with Gen= feral Han Fuscha regarding the pro-Jposed inclusion of Shantung within the area controlled by the Hopel-Charhar Political Council throws a Hight on the dangerous uncertainty. accentuated by. alarums and excursions in the South. Too little attention has been paid by the Kuangtung and Kwangsi leaders. 10 the difficulties experienced by the Chinese authorities in the North in coping with the pressure of Japan's military" representatives, It is exaggeration to say that Gener Sung Cheh-yuan and General Han Fu-chu respectively have more prac: tical experience of that pressure than Jany of their colleagues in Canton Nanning. General Chiang Kal-shole jis highly cognizant of this danger ind consequently he has been spectally careful to show the almost restraint in handling Sino-Japanese. problem If circumstances render the posit General "Sung Cheh-yuan more Jdimeult and consequently accelerate Jseparation of the Northern provinces rom the rest of China, the blame may conceivably be found to the door of those who have raised the ety of resistance to Japan with—out having either the resources, the Jability or the intention for eaytying it into effect. General Han Fu-chu may also be disposed to feel that hi province's interests are better served keeping in the alignment with the Political Council's

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