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strongest opponents and to remedy this deficiency

he has been obliged to bid for the favour of the opponents of Chiang's regime in the party, who happen to belong for the most part to the Extremist camp. His original proposal to them was that parallel conferences should be held to deal separately

with national and Party affairs. This suggestion quite naturally failed to appeal to men who owe their influence in political matters almost entirely to the positions which they hold in the Kuomintang. Yen then put forward a proposal that a meeting should be held at Peking to which all should be invited who

had been delegates to any of the three previous

national congresses of the party. Of these congresses there have been three in all, dominated first by the communist element, the second by the left wing of the party and the third by supporters of

Chiang Kai-shek. The inference is that such a

congress would show a majority opposed to Chiang Kai-shek; and on these terms it is alleged that Wong Tsing-wai has promised his co-operation. this unnatural alliance if it be a fact can hardly

be expected to stand any strain. China is now fairly divided into two main camps. Only Mukden

stands out and it is thought improbable that Chang Hsueh-liang will take the field on either side.

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But

In the South the failure of the Cantonese

to secure the support of Lui Wun Yim's Kwangsi

troops left them with insufficient forces to attempt

the conquest of Kwangsi.

Their opponents on the

other

the