Canton, June 28.
'A seathing enunciation of Gen. Chiang Kal-shek was contained in a reply made last night by Mr. Hsiao Furcheng. Chairman of the. Southwestern Political Council, to the Generalissimo's statement of June, 25. 'The latter, Mr, Hsino asserted, dem. monstrated the' divergence between Gen, Chiang's actions and his appeals for national peace and unification, By withdrawing the anti-Communist armies from Szechuan and Shensi and the "national salvation" forces, formerly stationed along the Lungha rally way, Gen, Chiang had shown himself'to be the moving spirit behind civil warfare, With the country, and the party in Hsiao's_ statement con-rined, the question of who is to be China's next President is_unimportant, yet Gen, Chiang appeared to be concerned over such trifling matters, confident that he would be elected to the Presidency, Simultaneously with Mr, Hsino's statement, a declaration—assailing Gen. Chiang was issued over the signatures of 186 officers, all gradtuates of the Whampoa Military
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