Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-19
GENERAL SHEK
SETS Up NEW
GOVERNMENT
Proposes to Drive All Com
munists From Ranks Of
Cantonese.
PICKS CAPT. AL.
GeneralissimO Will Organ
ize Government With the
MOderates.

SHANGHAI, April IS R.-Chiang
Kai-Shek, generalissimo of the Can
tonese nationalist army, who has de-
clared his intention of driving out the
extreme radicals from the Kuomintang
Cantonese political organization), is
reported to have taken the first deter
mined step by setting up new govern
ment at Marking in opposition to that
at Hankow, which he charges is con-
trolled by the communist element
Though details of the constitution of
the Chang government are lacking,
the report is generally crediteds and it
is understood that prominent leaders
representing Canton, Marking and
Shanghai will have place in the min
fstry. Thus the original Cantonese gov
ernment would appear to be split in
twain and the hope of unity among the
southern opponents of the Peking gov
ernment to have been dissipated, tenn
porarily, at least.
Both factions of the nationalists
have been bending every effort to get
the support of the various provinces
north and south of the Yangtse river
and the adherence of the commanders
of the various military units, but inl
the meantime the northern forces,
which not long ago were in swift re-
treat, have had chance to reform in
some measure.
The foreign powers have made GER
tain that they will be prepared for
any developments at Hankow, where
events of serious import were pre-
Nv on WarChinC of
Great Britain, United States, JAPAN
France and Italy are stationed at this
port or patrolling, ready for whatever
emergency may arise. Aboard this
great fleet are $4,000 men, who could
be landed forthwith. Because of this,
perhaps, or in the way of marking
time, Hankow is reported compara-
lively quiet and whatever foreigners
are still resident there are considered
comparatively safe.
The war craft and the merchant ves-
sells passing up and down the Yangtse
river have become accustomed to the
sriping practice from shore, an occa-
sfonal shower of machine gun bullets
or a bursting shell. The Chinese, of
whichever side, have learned that the
foreigners can reply in kind.
While mass meetings have been ar
ranged by the political department of
the eastern division of the Cantonese
army to be held in the Chinese section
of Shanghai for the celebration of the
establishment of the nationalist gov
ernment at Marking and restoration of
the kuomintang influence in the
SOUTH some of the foreign powers are
strengthening their protective forces
at this place. For an example, the
French today landed five whippet
tanks to aid the defenses of their con-
cession.
KELLOGG UNDECIDED
| WASHINGTON, April 1S (P.-Despite
! intimati6ns in Paris and London that
! five-powe agreement to send an
| other and more sharply worded note to
the Hankow government on the Nam
| King outrage had been reached, Secre-
/ tary Kellogg was still undecided to-
night as to the next step so far as the
| United States is concerned. The secre-
| tary began personal consideration of
| the reply made by Eugene Chen, Han
! kow foreign minister and recommends
I
Minister MacMurray at Peking when
he returned to his desk this morning
from a brief Easter vacation.
The secretary himself was authority
for the statement that he had reached
no decision.
Meanwhile word was going out from
the state department that additional
reports came to the navy from Admiral
Williams, commanding American
forces ia Chinese waters that the
American destroyer Ford and the crui-
ser Cincinnati had been fired upon on
the Yangtse river. The Cincinnati re-
turned fire, slencing the Chinese guns
No casualties We're reported.
The London and Paris reports of ar
additional and more strongly worde(
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