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provinces support the Kwangsi party.
6. In these circumstances, my informant
believes that the Cantonese Generals will not
dare to attack Kwangsi, in spite of Marshal Chiang's
orders; but that, on the other hand, the Kwangsi Generals will very shortly, in co-operation with General Tsui King-t'ong, attack Canton and make themselves masters of it, in order to re-unify the government of the Liang Kwang' provinces, of which Kwangsi provides the fighting men and Kwangtung the money. Several prominent Chinese have been warned that trouble is impending at Canton and have been told that they would do well to remove their families from Canton, in order to escape danger.
7. My informant gives the following account of the cause which led to the split between Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal Fêng T-hsiang and General Li Tsung-jên. Feng drew Chiang's attention to the large revenue collected by T.V. Sung, the Nanking Finance Minister, from various sources in Shanghai and expressed a desire to know what was being done
with the money •
Fêng said that an account should be rendered of these receipts and of the payments therefrom, and he also hinted that the Nanking Government should exercise a close scrutiny over its finances. Chiang replied that he would look into the matter, but did nothing. Feng also pointed out that the Mayor of Nanking, one Liu, was spending money lavishly and suggested that his accounts
should be checked. Chiang took no notice of
this complaint. Then one day, while Feng was playing chess with Li Tsung-jên, it transpired in the
course
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