Peking, June 23.
Lu Tsung-vii, his friends say, is about to issue a circular telegram from Tientsin protesting that he is neither a thief nor a traitor. This is occasioned not because these charges aire new but because, while Hsu Shih-chang was President, it made no material difference whether these charges were made or not, since they could not impinge upon Mr. Lu's comfort or liberty.
A few days ago a police order was issued for the arrest of Lu Tsung-vii and Tsao Ju-lin and their houses were searched while their families fled to the Legation Quarter. The gentlemen concerned had of course flown, but lately the Concessions in Tientsin are not such sure havens as they used to be and both of notorious Anfu leaders are in some real danger because the Government is issuing warrants for them which have nothing to do with politics and which the Conees-sions wil probably countersign.
At the instigation of Paotingfu some inquiry has recently been made into the expenses of the Frontier Defence Army and of the disastrous campaign against Wu Pei-fu in 1920. Cub of $140,000,000 supposed to have been spent it is said that $110,000,000 cannot be accounted for. Some one got onerous commissions and since Lu Tsung-yii_ and Tsao Ju-lin had a great deal to do with the funds in those days it is supposed that they could throw some light upon how they wera distributed.
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