Canton, Aug. 1.
Preparations are in full swing at Whampoa for the establishment of headquarters for General Chiang al-shek, who Is expected to arrive from Kuling early next week, bools and other buildings in Canton eon converted into temporary General Chang Fa-kwel's troops have" been, ordered to. march into Kwangtung from Fukien to assist in the campaign, According to, Chinese press reports, the est ablishment of an independent military government In Kwangsi has not yet materialized, but is imminent. In addition to Generals Li 'Tsung-jen, Pai 'Chung-hsi and Li Chi-sen, others who are to receive appointments in the Rew government include General Chen "Minshu, one of the Fukien rebels, Mr. Lit' Lu-yin and Mr. Huang Chi-lu, who will be named cabinet ministers—Reut Provincial Government, arrived here yesterday afternoon from Canton and eft in the evening for Nanking by the President McKinley.
From Nanking, it is learned, Mr. Lin will proceed to Kuling to interview Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Executive Yuan, regarding assumption of his new post chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission.
Prior to his departure from Canton Mr, Lin wired to Gen, Chiang and Gen, Huang Mo-sung, his successor, saying that pending the arrival of Gen. Huang, all affairs of the provinglal administration have been entrusted to Mr. 'T. L. Soong, Provineial Commissioner of Finance.
Meanwhile, Mr, Lu Vu-kang, secretary-general of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, has been Instructed to wind up the administra~ lon affairs: in preparation to handing them over to Gen, Hwang Mo-sung—Central News.
Britis and U.S. Ships Ready Hongkong, July 31.
Owing to the irreconcilable attitude of the "Kwangsi warlords, and re-orts that clashes have occurred re-Gently between Kwangsi troops and Central Government forces on the provincial border, the US.S. Mindanao has received orders to pro ceed to Wuchow from Canton, where she is now stationed. "At Wuchow, the Mindanao will join H.NS. which "is already there. HIMS. Seamew, it is understood, is to be despatched to Wuchow later, and the three warships will stand by ready to evacuate foreigners should the situation worse Numbers of foreigners from the interior, mainly missionaries, concentrated at Wuchow during the recent tension in the Southwest—Reuter.
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