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post of Commissioner for Foreign Affairs for
Kwangtung by order of the Central Government
at Nanking, while also retaining his post as
Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in the
Nanking Government. He will sit in the
Provincial Council of Kwangtung, of which General Chan Chai-t'ong is at present acting as Chairman, but over which General Chan Ming-
shu will preside as soon as he can leave the
Hong Kong Government Civil Hospital. Mr. Chu
will, however, also be subordinate to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. C.T. Wang, at Nanking: and he has been instructed to visit
Nanking once at least in every two months.
appointment at Canton will, he expects, only be temporary, for he still thinks that he may be sent before long to represent the Chinese National
Government at Tokio.
His
3. Mr. Chu was very emphatic in his condemnation of the arrest and detention of
Harshal Li Chai-sum by Harshal Chiang Kai-shek. In his opinion, this misguided action by Marshal Chiang precipitated the civil war, which might otherwise have been avoided, the more so as Harshal Li was very anxious to prevent any open rupture between the Kwangsi group and Nanking. Ir. Chu now believes that the only chance of restoring the situation in the South will be the release of Marshal Li and his return to Canton,
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