Late on Monday night it was reported that Chen Yao-shan, who had Rone to the Settlement with the rest fof the generals, returned to the jin company with General Hsu of Anfa fame. A reached Marshal Lu officially, but he was undoubted-Jy. informed ax to-its contents and of the temper ut the merchants which may be described ax follows larshat La Yung-hsiang had lost Chekiang. Hix position was further weakened by the fall of Sungkiang.
was known that the troops 'Tungpu were refusing to Aight ant their' withdrawal on Saturday was not altogether due to military strategy. Why then hold on Marshal Lu's reason for remaining; wax that ax long ax he could keep Marshal Chi busy, so long would ho hurting the cause of the Chili Party by preventing Marshal Chi from sending hix veterans to the assistance of Murshal Wa Pei-fu, But the merchants held that they had no interest in such a political question and that it was straining neutrality to use their city ant [their money for auch a purpose. The forced loan of $2,000,000 had much to do with the change in public opin There wax a general determination that there]! must be no farther forced loans, Last Saturday night, Mr. Chang ling, the peace-maker, prine! member of the gentry of Soochow, called on Mershal Lu and finally Jasked hint to take steps to make peace and protect his own soldiers. It is believed in Chinese circles that after n Marshal La made up his mind to quit ana secretly informed those who were to go with 'The secrecy of the departure was' so great that ever minor officials at Lunghua knew nothing about "it until Monday morning.
One may, however, doubt whether, if Gen. Chen bad remained loyal, Lu would have paid more attention to the mediators than he had ever! done.
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