- 2 -
deputed General Chan Hing-wan to wait upon me on his behalf, and expresses the hope that, in view of the friendship existing between Marshal Li Chai-sum and myself, I would give the desired
assistance.
3.
General Chan then proceeded to inform
me that for the past four days all telegraphic communication between Nanking and Canton had been interrupted. A message had, however, been received yesterday evening from Shanghai, informing
the Canton Government that Marshal Li Chai-sum
was virtually a prisoner at Nanking, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek having placed him under the guard of
four officers, who follow him wherever he goes and never lose sight of him. It is feared that
Marshal Li's life is in danger.
General Chan
further said that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek was
already at war with the Kwangsi leaders who control Hankow. He could, however, give me no
details on this subject. He also expressed the belief that the "Christian General", Marshal Feng Yü-hsiang, would at once join the Kwangsi group
and attack Chiang Kai-shek. Furthermore, he
said that General Pai Chung-hsi had not, as
reported in the vernacular press, gone to Hankow,
but that he was at Dairen and would proceed
-
direct to Canton as soon as possible. General
Li Tsung-jen was, he said, at Shanghai, and General Wong Shiu-hung had returned today to Wuchow. Such, therefore, was the geographical disposition of the "Big Four" of the Kwangsi
group.
4.