Canton, Sept, 18, (by mail)
It appears very likely that the high officials of the Canton Government will be replaced by followers of Messrs. Sun Fo and Hu Han-mi Tt is generally understood that one of Mr. Sun Fo's men, possibi General Wu Te-chen, will be ap. pointed Mayor of Canton in place of] Mr, Lin Wan-kai, who has gone to! 'Shanghai, 'The coming change is regarded as 'a move to please the returned Kuomintang leaders such as Sun Fo and Hu Han-ming, who are now back in China, since their opponents, the left wing faction, are driven' into] temporary retirement, Marshal Li Chi-sen, the supreme sullitary ruler in' Kuangtung, is now in Nanking to arrange for an understanding with' these conservative politicians and will meet their wishes by appointing their nominees to high offices in Canton.
The Provincial Chairmanship 'A report is current that Marshal Li has definitely decided to give up his post as chairman of the Kuang. tung Provincial Government. The Marshal offered that position to General Chen Ming-shu, but he] positively refused to accept it on the /ground that he is a soldier and unfitted for administrative work.
There will be changes also in educational circles. There isa rumour that Mr. Tai Chi-tao, Prosident of Sun Yat-sen University, and Mr, Chu Chia-hua, Vico-President of the same institution, will resign. Mr. Tai is too busy as a member of the Central Executive' Committee in Nanking while Sr. Chu is Commissioner of Civil Affairs of the Chekiang Provincial Govern ment. A good many of the professors and lecturers of Sun Yat-sen.
University hail from Mr. Chu's home province, and this has evoked critieiam that they are chosen, not on their} merit, but more on kindred feeling.
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