Peking, June 28.
The most important discovery which the writer has made on a recent trip to Changsha by way of Chibli, Honan and Hupeh, is that it is no longer possible to speak of a political feud between the North and the South. The dispute is now "between the Anfu partisans in both the North and the South, and the anti-Anfu reformers in both—the North and the South, who have been inspired to declare their positi by Wu Pei-fu's vigorous ample. The South is now frankly divided against itself. A certain element in the southern parliament—said to be under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen and his colleagues is now frankly associated with the Anfu group in Peking, and it is assumed that Tang Chi-yao, Governor of Yunnan, has also cast in his lot with Little Hsu. This federation is discussed as a matter of course in official circles in Changsha, Wuchang and Kaifeng. and in Wu Peifw's headquarters at Paotingfu.
It has been known for a long time that negotiations between' the Anfu clique in Peking and these Southern elements were going on, and it would seem that they have culminated in an understanding just at the moment when the Anfu Club is on the verge of collapse. Opposed to this group are the three "'Tuchuns of the Yangtze Valley; Lu Yung-ting and Tsen Chun-'Thsuan, together with the element which they contro! in the Southern parliament; the revolutionary army in Hunan. now controlled by Tan Yen-kai; the Tuchun of Honan and Chihli; and the Tuchuns of Man-thurio' under the leadership of Chang Tso-lin. The one force which has created this big federation and which holds it together, is the personality of Wu Pei-fu. He has given visible proof of his sincerity and courage in his spectacular movement of troops into "Chihli, and all of the numerous Military Governors and Division Commanders who have endorsed his policy, and who now declare themselves willing to support him in abolishing the Anfu Club and punishing its leaders, are still re. lying upon Wu for a show of initiative and determination.
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