CO129-512-1 Political situation in China- and Canton 30-11-1928 - 23-5-1929 — Page 151

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at Wuchow the obsequies of his mother, who died more

He further said that the Branch

after

than a year ago.

Political Council in Awangtung would be dissolved on 15th March, and that therefore General than Ming-shu would be chairman of the Provincial Council of Kwang-

tung, and General Jong Shiu-hung Chairman of the Pro-

vincial Council of Awangsi. He himself would be in

supreme command of the troops both in Awangtung and

in Kwangsi, and would also continue to be chief of

the General staff at wanking. He would spend his time partly at Nanking and partly in the Liang Kwang pro-

vinces.

3. During the lunch party Sir Shouson Chow had some

private conversation with Mr. Li man-yan, who had met

Marshal Li directly on his arrival this morning. Mr.

Li man-yan told Sir shouson Chow that the position

between the Awangsi group of the Nationalist party

and the ivanking Government had undoubtedly been very strained, but that Marshal Li during his recent

visit to Nanking had had a very frank discussion face to face with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, that the effect of it had been to lessen the suspicion between these two men, and that they had parted on more friendly

terms than ever before and with the intention of co-

operating with each other.

me that General Pai Chung-hsi was really ill and wanted

very much to return to Kwangsi, but that Marshal

Chiang Kai Shek has urged him to remain in the north.

I cannot help feeling that this looks as if Marshal

Chiang was anxious to prevent General Pai Chung-hsi

from rejoining his Kwangsi colleagues in the South.

Marshal Li himself told

4. With reference to Paragraph 5 of my secret

despatch