Hupeh General in Possession and Reported to Have Refused to Get Out:
10th Division Leaving on General B joi's Guarantee An awkward position has arisen at Lunghua, where, it was Teurne ed on Sunday that' General Chang Yuen-mings, who is now in possession at Lunghua, has again refused to Jeave Shanghai unless, it is alleged, a further payment is made him. General Chang was due to leave 0
Saturday after several previous postponements, The negotiations between General Chang Yuen-ming and the Kiangsu officials are understood to have been entirely on the basis of cash payments for his men. According: to Kiangsu officials, General Chang. has already received $107,000 from them as well as $80,000 locally. is also reported to have requested sum from his immediate superior Marshal Hsiao Yao-nan, Inspector: General of Hupeh and Hunan. General Chang issued a statement declaring that he would send his: troops to reinforce Marshal Wu Pei-fa against Feng Yuchsiang.
General Chang's claim now is that ho has 6,000 men and that he was only paid for 2,000, When he came to Shanghai, it was reported that he had about 8,000 men and 1,700 rifle In China payments of this sort are usually made on the basis of the number of rifles under a single command, During the "Little" Hsu adventure it was variously reported that General Chang took over a large number of General Chang Tzeping's men, Me ix now reported to claim an additional $100,- (000 to clothe these men, 1e0 the coup d'état in Peking there is no authority. anywhere in China. General Chang is in a strong position, because of Marshal Chi's. unwillingness. to fight within the neighbourhood of Shanghai. Although General Chang is not strong. enough to withstand an attack by Marshal Chi's army, he could make trouble in this part of China which would prove embarrassing to all parties concerned, although be might set nothing out of it himself. they will not be disbanded ud that he will personally: become their protector. That means that anything sflould happen to then which is contrary to the letter an spirit of the agreement, they will go after him as an individual. To a that means very much and n view of General Bei Bao-shan's reputation for fair dealing they are willing to take his personal guarantee. It is reported that thes will leave in a few days. But this report has to be taken very: wan because the political situation in the: north is changing about every fire minutes and all negotiations here are affected by what happens in the north.
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