kiangsi Gen. Chen 3in-chu, former chair. man of the Kuangtung Provincial Government, who was ousted by Gen. Chen Chi-tang, leader of the fanti-Chiang Kai-shek movement in Koangtung, and who subsequently lete for Japan, secretly returned to Shanghai several days ago and left at once for Nanking.
Immediately after his arrival la the capital, he had a lengthy inwith Gen. Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to. proceed. to Kiangsi at once to take part in the anti-Gonmmunist campaign with his subordinates, Generals Chiang Kuang-nai and Tsai Ting-kai, Cantonese divisional commanders attached to the Bandit Suppression Fores in Kiangsi, Accordingly, Gen. Chen left. the capital for Kiangsi by aeroplane on Monday to moot Genevals Chiang and Tsai.
Gen. Chen, it may be recalled, was weries when he was ousted by Gen. Chen Chi-tang because the onl two' army divisions under his. per~ sonal command, "namely, those funder Gens. Chiang Kuang-nai and had. been previously sent to Riangsi to take part in the Red suppression campaigns. As a result, Gen. Chen Chiang succeed-led in staging a bloodless coup d'etat jin Canton and Gen, Chen fin-cha twas compelled to fice ¢o Japan Barly this month, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed to Gen. Chen yeh asking "him to ret China at once. The purpose of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in recalling Gen. Chen "Min-chu was to secure the loyalty of the Cantonese troops in Kiangsi and to enhance their morale in the anti-Red campaign. Another matter which prompted Gen, Chiang to recall the former Kuangtang chairman was the death of Gen. Hu Chu-yn, commander of the 5th Division, who was formerly the Bandit Suppression Commissioner for Taihu Regions and who was appointed to succeed Gen. Hsiung hui, the Shanghai and Woos the latter was badly injured in the Lunghua air crash.
Gen, Hu Chu-yn was considered one of the ablest and bravest Government generals in the anti-Bed campaign. On May 27, a Red army of 40,000 strong under the notorious. Chu Teh descended on Kuangehang, kiangsi, where Gen, Hu and part of is 5th Division were stationed. In a fierce engagement in which, Gen. Hu personally took part, he received Uhre bullet wounds which. proved fatal, He died in the Nanchang Hospital on June 3, In view of his meritorious services to the country, the Central Government issued a mandate on June 6, granting a sum of $50,000 towards his funeral ex-
As the death of Gen. Hu undoubtedly had an adverse affect on shek recalled Gen.
Chen Min-chu the object of entrusting him the duty of assisting in the bandit suppression work in that province, At the request of Gen. Chen, a sum of $1,000,000 waa reitted by Nanking to the Cantonese troops in Kiangsi on Tharsday.
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