The Archive · 1924

Marshal Wa Without a Refuge

Peking, Nov. 11.

Wu Pei-fu sailed for the noon, to land at Haichow Bay wit object of reaching Loyang, via the Lunghai Railway, but "Marshal Chang Tso-lin is rushing troops to the south from Tientsin in order' to occupy Hauchowfu and intercept Marshal Wu's passage.

Although Marshal Tuan Chi-jui condemned the eviction of the Emperor, he is endeavouring to prevent an open rupture. The situation, however, offers fruitful possibilities of trouble, for Gen, Fong Vu-hsiang's nominees in Peking are striving to consolidate the position of the emergency government, whereas Marshals Chang and Tuan, having benefited by General Feng's "betrayal," are obviously seeking a favourable opportunity to throw aside his machinery and lay their own foundations for a new Government—Reuter's Pacific Ser-

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