General Chang Tso-lin has been keeping quiet for the past few weeks in connexion with the present Cabinet crisis and evidently has been smarting under the insults, so-called, thrown at him, and his nominee for the Premiership, Mr. Liang Shih-yi, by General Wu Pei-fu. 7 Seemingly, he has been quiescent but in reality Fengtien, his stronghold, has been the centre of activities and preparations, for Chang Tso-lin is not a man to take insults and loss of face lying down. And it must be remembered that Chang has staked several million dollars in the Bank of Communication and! it is doubtful if he will let this money slip through his simply because of what, in the view fof many Chinese, may be no more than the bluff of Wu Pei-fu.
During the past few days, the telegraph wires from Mukden have been busy and it appears that Chang Tso-lin is coming before the footlights once more. According to the "Sinwanpao" he has just telegraphed to Liang Shih-yi informing him that he must resume the premiership. Other reports state that Liang has cancelled or is pre \paring to cancel his leave absence and is returning to Po king, ostensibly for the purpose of; taking over office once more. From this, it appears that a secret arrangement has been made between Chang and Liang, through the mediation of the latter's lieutenant, Yeh Kung-cho, the Minister of Communications, and that Chang has guaranteed his support.
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