CO129-512-1 Political situation in China- and Canton 30-11-1928 - 23-5-1929 — Page 143

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work for, his downfall.

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The Kwongsi-ites are those most strongly

opposed to Bolshevism.

eliminate them first.

Chiang must therefore

This explains why Chiang is

now supporting Feng Yu-hsiang so strongly, not only in the latter's striving for political power in

Nanking, but also in his efforts to strengthen his

military forces. Chiang's object is to utilise

Feng against the Kwongsi-ites, as he alone is not

strong enough.

It is likely that Chiang Kai-shek will,

through Tang Sang-chi, work for the disintegration of

the armies of the Kwongsi-ites. A large number of

the officers and men now commanded by Pei Chung-hsi

and Li Chung-jen were formerly under Tang. Chiang

may also arrange to get the troops under Miao Pei-nan

now on the border of Shantung and Kiangsu down to the

borders of Kwongtung. These troops are communistic.

Should Chiang ever succeed in getting Tang Sang-chi's

old troops or Miao's troops into Kwongtung, there

would be an upheaval in Kwongtung; and thereafter

there would be no peace for the peoples of Kwongtung

and Hong Kong.