The meeting between General Chiang Kai-shek and General Li Teung-jem the Pacification "Commissioner for Kwangsi, in Canton is historical, Tt marks the end of an enmity which is done much to give weight to the statements of China's enemies that the country is not united. General Li Tsung-jon, ike his colleague Kwangsi, did sterling "work during the anti-North campaign in 1926 and 1927, and it is generally believed that the small recognition he received as a result of his efforts on that occasion was partly responsible for the irreconoilable attitude he later adopted towards General Chiang. It may well bbe that, in the light of subsequent events, General Li has realized that his first resentments were unfounded. or it may be that pressure fron. the outside has had the unexpected effect of wiping out differences between some of China's most distinguished and able leaders. Speculation as to cogons are superfluous in view of the facts accomplished—the reunion of all China south of the Yellow. River under one government which powerful and skilful enough enforce its views and which, without further questioning, can be dealt with asa government of all China and not as a local institution which is making claims it cannot carry out in practice. Though much remains to be done, the achievement of establishing such a government redounds to the credit of General Chiang. Precipitate action in the face of the provocative altitude of the Kwangsi generals might easily have led to a civil war which would have sapped the country's resources Still further and have' made it an object of derision among nations where the chief authority is more than nominal. There would have been loss of life which could very easily have been used as an additional argument by those who are trying to minimize China's efforts to extract herself from what resembles an era of medizevalism and definitely rank herself among the modern nations. General Liman honest "and capable /administrator—nevertheless ts certain admirable traditions which are gradually being supplanted by others which are influenced from colleague, Chung-hsi, should - be welcomed by the Nanking—government, since both men can contribute much towards the betterment of this country, Their record of administration in Kwangsi can be cited as root of this.
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