Tsao Jui's machinations over-threw the last Cabinet, but he now finds himself so weak that he cannot do more than place a few of his own appointees with the help of his allies in' Parliament. He cannot even trust the man who helped him most in the Lo Wen-kan affair, Wu Ching-lien, Speaker of the Lower House. He does not have Chi Shih-yuan's support so he has no military backing. Wang Cheng-ping, Civil Governor, certainly cannot rely upon. He therefore complicates relations by running off to Mukden to elicit Chang Tso-lin's support, hoping to revive that worthy's interest in the Peking Government and through him to gain more influence in Pe~ king. He hag failed in this and in making the attempt has aroused the suspicion of many of his colleagues.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.