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are ominous signs of trouble ahead of us.
It
should not be surprising if the undesirable conditions
which prevailed two or three years ago recur in the
The state of government in a country is
Province.
due greatly to the human element.
If the rulers are
good, the country will be prosperous. The man whó
has worked so hard for the gradual restoration of
prosperity of both Kwongtung and Hong Kong
Marshal Li Chai-sum
power.
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is slowly but surely losing his
First of all he has been replaced in the
chairmanship of the Provincial Government of
Kwongtung by Chan Ming-shu. I would not criticise
Chan too severely, because after all he still has
some respects for the virtuous things of old.
But
he is not his own master: above him is Chiang Kai-shek
whose orders he must obey, and below him there are
numerous subordinates whose aim is to make changes
which would have the inevitable result of disturbing
the existing state of affairs.
Li Chai-sum is still the Chairman of the
Branch Political Council of Kwongtung, but the Nanking Government has decided to abolish this
Branch Council on the 15th March next. He is also
the Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Army in China; but
here again the Nanking Government is going to abolish
all the commanders-in-chiefship throughout China, on
the ground that, there being no more war the title
of commander-in-chief for the different armies should
not be retained.
The Nanking Government has divided China
into five military districts for the purpose of army
reduction and reorganisation; and in these five,
Kwongtung and Kwongsi are not included.
This means
that
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