General Huang Mursung's death semes a3 a great blow to the Chinese 'Government who placed so much reance on his capacity for tactful handling of the Kwangtung situation shen it appointed him to be Chair-mun' of the Provincial Government fon ths settlement of the differences tu Canton last summer. General Huang was only 52 years old and influence in his native province wes enhanced by. the experience Which he had gained in various high posts under the Government. He had been President of the Peiping Military College, delegate {to the League of Nationis and vice-chief of the General Staff. In 1934 he headed fan important goodwill Tibet and on his return was appro-Priately made Chairman of the Commission on Mongolian and Tibetan affairs. He therefore possessed know-edge which was of great value to the administration. It seems probable that his death will have a direct influence on local affairs here, for General Wu Te-chen whose capable handling of the Mayoralty of the City Government of Shanghai from 1931 onwards had' marked him out for high promotion is apparently to re-tum to Kwangtung in the Chairmanship now vacant." General Wu Te-chen is to be succeeded here by General Chien. Ta-chun, so. General Chiang Kai-shek may be said to have paid Shanghai a compliment in real-fung that General Wu Te-chen's place here could not be filled by at tone but an officer commanding his own complete confidence. General Chien is no stranger here for he formerly commanded the Garrison at Shanghai and Woosung in 1926-28. Incidentally he is 2 Kiangsu man. having been born in Soochow,
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