Several potential chairmen of Szechuen have been suggested but, Reuter understands from unofficial sources, the movement supporting General "Wong Fong-tso is rapidly gaining strength, When General Liu Hsiang died, the people of Szechuen expected General Wong to be appointed as his successor, as he is a local man who has given evidence of much ability, "but. this expectation was not fulfilled, Another noted Szechuen figure is General Fan Shao-teng, who earned a Robin Hood-like reputation as a bandit leader before attaining military command.
He is understood to have gone to, Chengtu together with General Ho Kwoh-kuan, commander of the Central Government's garrison in Chungking, in order to confer with the politico! leaders who object to General Chang Chun,
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