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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927.

NATIONALIST SPLIT.

Some Who Count & Some

Who Don't.

KUOMINTANG PERSONALITIES.

Personalities count for a great deal in Chinese politics at the pre- sent moment.

Mr. Eugene Chen's Scheme. This may account for the strange, comparative silence during the last few stirring weeks of Mr. Eugene

Chen.

chief has as yet exercised no in- fluence. It was kept in Ignorance, of the proceedings.

Kaleidoscople Events.

At present the Southern generala Mr. Chen came suddenly into the appear to be on Chiang Kai-shek's limelight over the British Conces-alde, with the exception of Teng aion at Hankow, and now that some Yen-ia (Chief of the Political sort of settlement has been reached Bureau, who has joined the Extrem- ished behind the scenes. he seems to have ne suddenly van- ists and has an eye on General, Chion (6th Army), General Tang Chiang's position), General Ching Seng-chi (8th Army, who is not a Communist at heart bat aspires to Pei-tch (3rd Army). power) and, possibly, General Chu

With Wuhu, Ningpo. Nanking and Shanghai and their vast for When Dr. Sun Yat-sen died, the eign interests in the forefront of loss of his influence on the Kuomin-Nationalist objective, the silence tang Party was acutely felt. Then Mr. Chen raises a suspicion that the Party's scope did not extend he may also have had his wings even to the whole of Kwangtung clipped. It is known that in the province. The non-Cantonese ma re-shuffle of offic: 8 General cenaries who paved the way to the Chiang's chief political lieutenant late Dr. Sun Yat-sen's last return bus been eliminated. to. Canton soon became offensive Distinguished Moderates. but they were routed.

Mr. Chiang Ching-kang, the offi- Just ahout this time. General cial in question, not only looked Chiang Kai-shek's name became after the Generalissimo's interesta promment but his power nemori-in the Political Council but was cally was not strong. His Wham-also his nomince on the Standing poa Cadets soon established a name | Committee of the party. for themselves as the best of troops Further, in Ita efforts

such

In the kaleidoscope of events which take place from day to day in China the Nationalist aplit is the, most intriguing. It would be un- safe to prophesy which course the army will follow, as the decision largely depends on how far Hankow is able to undermine the Army'a loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek,

Scored First Blood.

This is the first time in their history that Borodin and his hire-

in South China. Most of the uld-re-organisation, the Central Exelings have come out into the open. time supporters of Dr. Sun Yat-sen cutive have, to all intents were forced to become exiles, historic former loaders as

and purposes. dismissed Junior members of the Kuomintang Hu Han-min, a former chief of the Party who did not see eye to eye

party in Canton, Dr. C. C. Wu, and

with the commander-in-chief also left the province.

Mr.

other distinguished Moderates who had fought shoulder to shoulder Wheels Within Wheels. With Eussian aid, Chiang Kai- the establishment of a Chinese with the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen for shek established a comparatively Republic for years before Borodin sound government and then set out and his clique were thought of. on his expedition against the North.

National Issue.

There were several rival cliques There has been talk of negotia- in the Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek tions between the Southern and played them off against one another Northern military leaders for the to improve his own position..

elimination of the Russian element

There never was any open quar-from both sides, thus making the rel until about six weeks ago when 18e purely and simply a national the Hankow politicians openly) one.

questioned Chiang Kai-shek and he If Chang Tso-lin agrees General

gauntlet and scored

They have thrown down the first blood. Either Borodin or General Chiang shek is defeated Borodin becomes Kai-shek must go. If Chiang Kai- dictator south of the Yangtse.

Kai-shek has brought back the To combat the "Reds." Chiang

without the fold, and he has curbed "conservative" politicians from the Communists from Shanghai to Canton.

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replied in an historical speech at Chinng with his armies will be and others interested are asked to Nanchang in which he denounced morally bound to secure the fulfibe present at 9.30 a.m. on the 25th the Communists and declared him- meat of his share of the bargain. April, 1927, when a wreath will be self ready to be shot if he was The Extremists may yet find that laid on the cenotaph in Memory of proved unfaithful to Dr. Sun Yat. they have not finally triumphed. the Australiana and New Zealan- sen's "Three Great Principles,"

The Cantonese army being far ders who gave their lives in the Rumours were current of dis- from the scene of the slight to its Great War. 1914-1918.

agreement in the Nationalist ranks, developing into a cleavage of a do- finite character between Chiang Kai-shek's partisans and the Han- kow Extremists.

Avoiding the Mob. Much remains to be told regard ing the momentous conclave of the Central Executive-that sweeping gale of last month. Present indi- cations are that it will prove of more importance in the future of

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That conference of the Central Executive should have been held at Nanchang but the politicians quib- bled. General Chiang Kai-shek refused to attend at Hankow as he did not relish atmosphere of a city which reeked with the vic- lence of the Soviet inspired mob which broke into the British Con- cession in January.

Those With Borodin.

As one observer aptly points out, the Nationalist Government was known to have been divided as follows:-

On the one side Mr. Eugene Chen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rought in his relations with Great Britain, to apply the Nationalist policy in temperate spirit, and with the avoidance of extremes. He had 21 certain amount of support among other ment- bers of the Government and that of] General Chiang Kai-shek. Against him were George Hea Chien, Sun Fo, mud others, with at the back of them Borodin, the Russian Communist adviser, They have been engaged latterly in attempts to undermine the influence of Chiang Kai-shek, and went to the length of denouncing him as a Chinese Napoleon and a would-be dictator.

Army Against Labour.

In the one place Chiang Kai-shek had the sapport of the army, in the other the opposition were as 8.30 a.m. strongly entrenched behind labour. 9 a.m. General Chiang made it a condi- 6 p.m. tion of his attendance at. Hankow that the elimination of all Russian influence from the party would be considered. The opposition, at the instigation of Borodin, no doubt, strongly resented this.

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The upshot was that with not o member of the Right wing of the party in attendance at the Hankow conference, Chiang Kai-shek had his wings severely clipped

On the Moscow Plan."" Deprived of the influential poste 8.30 am, of chairman of the Political Coun- 8.30 a.m. cll, the Standing Committee and the Noo. Military Council, his supreme 12.30 a.m. authority as commander-in-chief of the Cantonese Army was also re- placed by a military council on the Moscow plan, composed of heads of the Executive Committee,

In fact he was shorn of all power, and the entire organisation of the 1.80 p.m. Kuomintang was placed upon a 4.30 p.m. parely Soviet basis, without dis- 6 p.m.

With the ascendancy of the ex- treme element based upon Hankow It follows that all who regarded General Chiang as their leader havo had their powers similarly Curbed.

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