CHINA’S FATE
i IN HANDS OF KUOMINTANG. I A CRIPPLED INTRIGUER. POWER BEHIND THE SCENES. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (“Times” Cables.) Received 2.30 p.m. to-day. SHANGHAI, July 31. The- fifth plenary session of the Kuo- : mintang’s central executive opens tomorrow. The deliberations should, decide China’s fate. Excepting the conI gross of the whole party, it is the I most powerful body in the country, and is able to make or unmake Ministers, while even generals hesitate to challenge its will. The- sinister figure at tb© conference is Chang Selling Liang, an arch intriguer. Though crippled by disease so that he must be Carried everywhere, lie is a man of indomitable energy and a master of chicanery. Should bo succeed in dictating the formation of a Cabinet- of his own appointees, lie will lie. virtually the uncrowned Emperor of China.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 August 1928, Page 9
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