Shantung Declaring Neutrality:
Tientsin-Pukou Railway Cut The Province of mally declared its deforming fon to observe n the present. cut at two places, namely, Ha chuang on the Kiangsu border by blowing up a bridge, and at Teh chow by two brigades of Shantung troops guarding the line and pre: venting Wa Pei-tu's defeated forces nie south ung, Defen Hn, his Chief of Stuf, ty Hsuchow to. me form Gen, Chen Tiao-yuan of Shantung's attitude, Gen. ately telegraphed to Mu Hsicyuan, asking for inatryetions to what steps to take When Gen, Chen Tino-yuan ro-turned to Hsuchow from Chenju, he at once began to enlarge his 6th Brigade tw a full Division to be called the 4th Division of as ordered by Marshal. Eh has been also appointed Comma of this Ath Division, which was (9 take to thu north to force Wa Pei-fu as coon as it had een completely equipped. He has already raised one regiment of that Brigade to the full strength of a brigade, and promoted the Regine Commander Pi Tua-tung to Brigade Cowmander, and Battalion Commander San Tang-yun Roximent Commander. He issued orders for the larver {o leave with hia troops for the north diveetly he rude, which has of course upset shal Chi's plans, A Foreign Lawyer's Advice foreign lawyer (name not given), commenting on the situa-on, has given the Chinese the fol-country with a population numbering hund= millions, unification was a even during the tate Ching stcty, when the Central Govern to appointing high officials and receiving about, $12,000,000. tax contributions from the pro-Vines every year, AM administra.
aifaies were in the control of was. destroyed, Note the ied in the air. "The infantry advance obviously not checked, [politicians believe that Feng wi never be supported by popular opinmn. On the other hand, Chang Tso-in is from beyond the wall, practically an outsider. Az one man expressed it: The Chinese will never support @ man from the "kaoliang.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.