The long-heralded "Central China Government" is now reported likely to be established in Nanking to-day. A group of the officials was to leave for Nanking last night, accompanied by a Japanese Army unit. A demonstration marking the inauguration was also reported to have been planned for to-day in Shanghai.
Heading the organ will be Mr. Liang Hung-tse, formerly of the Anfu Clique, Mr. Wen Tsung-yao and Mr. Tsang Shih-chao, formerly of the Peking regime, Shanghai Chinese reports said. Mr. Liang will be the Executive Yuan head and concurrently Minister of Pacification (War) and Communications. Mr. Wen will head the Legislative Yuan and Mr. Tsang, the Judicial Yuan. A Formosan by the name of Wang Tse-wei is to be the Minister of Industry, a lawyer in Soochow Chen Tso-min, Minister of Education, Mr. Chen Chif-tao, Minister of Finance, and Mr. Chen Lo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Chen Tsung-fu, will be Vice-President of the Executive Yuan, Minister of Interior concurrently, the reports added.
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