More than two-thirds of the delegates are attending the third
National Congress of the Kuomintang, which opened on Friday, March 15th. Since the publication of the Organic Law last October, - providing for a Central Political Council and five Yuans, or Councils, covering the various organs and Departments of State, Nanking has been reorganizing its machinery, and in particular discarding methods borrowed from Russia. The present Congress demonstrates, however, that, as in Russia, the " dictatorship.of the party " is a -fait accompli. It is admitted that the elections-were" controlled." General Feng Yu-hsiang has resigned from his post- as Minister of War, and his movement of troops is causing some unpleasant rumours as to his intentions. General Chiang Kai-shek may contrive. to keep the peace, -but he must determine to what extent the Central Govern- ment can be true to its principles and yet. give satisfac- tion to the discontented Provincial leaders. The entire; Government Council of Hunan - resigned last week, as a protest against the treatment of their colleagues who had forced Chiang Kai-shek's representative to retire.
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