CHINA'S LEADERS.

Auckland Star, Issue 17, 21 January 1932, Page 7

CHINA'S LEADERS.

LOATH TO RETURN TO OFFICE. SHANGHAI, January 15. From a welter of conflicting reports it is clear that the Nanking-politicians arc unable to form a Government owing to the reluctance of the various leaders to visit Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek, the former leader of the Nanking Government, persists in remaining at Fanghua, where he was born, stubbornly refusing to return to Nanking. Wang Ching-wci. formerly chairman of the Kuomintang central executive, and chief adviser to Sun Yat-sen, and who tried in Octobcr, 1927. to set up a Nationalist Government independent of Nanking, has retired to hospital, though there is some doubt as to whether he is actually ill. Hu Han-min, another who formerly was one of Sun Yat-sen's lieutenants, and in that capacity visited Moscow, is still in Hongkong, whither emissaries have been sent in an effort to persuade him to return. In the meantime. Eugene Chen, the Soviet adviser to the Nationalist Government, is carrying on the Nanking Foreign Office, and Sun Fo, son of Sun Yat-sen, is still seeking means to form a new Government. And posing considerably in the local limelight, with" his immense stature and coolie clothes, is Feng Yu-hsiang, the "Christian General." Charged with having failed to defend Manchuria against the Japanese "invasion," Chang Hsueh-liang, who is known as "the young Marshal," is to be impeached by the Nanking Government. He will also be charged with having evacuated Chinehow in defiance of orders. It is reported that Chang lias bought an aeroplane and intends to make a tour of the world.