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Kuangtung Government.
He was further of the
opinion that each province should have its own
budget, which should be subject to ratification
by the Central Government, after which it should
be strictly adhered to. In general,
Marshal
Li's view was that, under present conditions,
China should first put her own house in order,
and then ways would be found for constructive
projects and foreign affairs would be more easily
handled. He told me that he would be away from
Kuangtung for not more than a month, and that he
had every intention of returning to his post as
Chairman of the Branch Political Council, which
controls the Liang Kuang provinces.
6.
I may say that on the whole the
impression I derive from my conversation with
Marshal Li is that he is groping in the dark, as
He hopes for the
we all are, without any real knowledge of what
the future may bring forth.
best and will, I have no doubt, try to avoid any
recrudescence of civil war; but he plainly does
not know what the policy of other prominent
warlords, such as Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, Marshal Yên Shi-shan and
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, may be.
7.
Another interesting incident, which
throws light on the suspicions existing between
Nationalist colleagues, is the fact that
General Chan Ming-shu, who is Chairman of the Kuangtung Provincial Council, had at first
intimated to Marshal Li his intention of remaining
at Canton, and then, changing his mind, decided to travel to Nanking, but not at the same time
as
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