All sorts of fresh sensations emanated from Peking during the week-end or developed locally.
Mandates " have been sued or are expected shortly, cashiering Shanghai offic and appointing others.
Some peopl see the influence of Chang Tso-lin in these. Yet it appears quite clear that he and Feng Yuhsiang are not working together.
The troops at Kiangwan sung line, It is said they Feng-lin, have again broken the Woo-are egged on by Gen. Ho General Chang Yuen-ming, hai been appointed Defence Commis. sioner of Shanghai by mandate of the "Government" in Peking, according to reliable reports cireulated on Sunday. The situation with regard to the Defence Commissioner then is this: Marshal Chi Hsieh-yan is Defence Commissioner by. mandate of President Tsao Kun. He pointed acting Defence Commissions ly, he appointed General Kung, of the ith Division, Occupation Commissioner. Now the Peking. "Government" has appointed Chang Yuen-ming to this position, which makes the situation so thoroughly complicated that even the most astute of Chinese politicians cannot explain it.
The same report indicates that mandate will be issued, if it has not already been issued, dismissing Mr. Wen Shih-tsen from the post of Commissioner of Foreign Affairs here and appointing the former Commissioner at Hangchow during Mar-Lu's regime, Mr. Wong. It is also understood that Colonel Wang 'Kuo-pang, the local Commissioner of Police, is or will be relieved by' mandate.
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