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not be too late if promotion were to come to him in a few
years. The relations between General Li and Chang are very
friendly. Mr. Fung Tsuk-man is still in the Bureau of
Finance, and will remain there. He is also in charge of the
Agricultural and Labour Bureau. Ordinarily the duties of the
two Bureaux are too heavy for one man, but it is considered
by the Canton Government that, until the Hongkong strikers are
dispersed, Mr. Fung should be in charge of the Labour Bureau.
They hope to get rid of the strikers by the 10th October.
Chang Fat-fui is not only pleased with the decision to get
rid of the strikers, but has even advocated severe action in
dealing with them. There are some men in the Political Com-
mittee who are tainted with Bolshevism. They are Hunanese.
General Li is still the head of the Canton Government. Chang
Fat-fui is in charge of the Military Department under General
Li, but General Li is still the supreme head of the army in
Kwongtung. Wong Shiu-hung and Li Chung-jen are working harmon-
iously with General Li. Wong is in Kwongsi, and Li Chung-jen
is at Nanking. The rumour in the press that General Li and
Chang Fat-fui support Wong Ching-wei is not true. The Canton
Government is in no way working with the Nanking Government.
Kwongtung is aiming at enforcing the Monroe doctrine.
Ching-wei, like Hu Han-min, is without any substantial power.
Wong sent Chan Kung-pok down recently to see General Li, but
General Li granted him only one interview, and was quite cold
to him. Chan Kung-pok is now in Hongkong. Wong and his clique
do desire to come back to Kwongtung. General Li could not
say "no" direct to them, but the coldness which he has shown
them ought to keep them off Kwongtung.
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Wong
General Chan Chai-tong, who has been sent by General Li
to Swatow to fight Ip Ting and Ho Lung, is considered to be
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