Cantonese members Executive Committee of the Kuomintang now in Nanking have been asked by Kwangtung leaders to subs proposal at the first plenary session of the fifth C.EC. asking the Central Government sto refund to! Kwanglung all loans advanced finance the Northern Expedition of 1026, amounting to. $97,040,000. The request is contained ina telegram signed by Gen. Chen Chi-tong, Commander-in-Chief of "the—Kwangtung Army, and Messrs, Hsiao Fu-chen, Tong Shao-yi, Lin Yi-chung, Vu Han-mo, Li Yang-ching, Miao Pei-nan, Ow Fong-pu, and Han Han-ping, all members of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.
The telegram also asks the Cantonese members to request the Cen-|) tral Government to redeem lottery bonds amounting to $23,410,000. The message. declares that Kwangtung is) facing serious financial difficulties at the present time and the Central Government should refund the Cantonese loans which were responsible for the success of the 1928 expedition—Reuter.
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