Brief Stop at Woosung: Plan to Pause for Conference With Chi Marshal Wa Pei-fu passed Woosung on Friday morning. He was met byt a Chisfese -gun-boat and General Vu-ko, represesiting Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan,—who invited Marshal Wu to come to Nanking before he proceeds to Wuchang. Marstral Wu stayed only}, Tong enough to get a first hand summary of the situation in the north since he has been to sea and the local situation.
Murshal Wo) according to the programme mapped out, will stay lat Nanking long enough' for a conference with Marshal Chi aboard his gunboat. He will then proceed to Wuchang.
General Bei Bao-shan left Shanghai on Friday afternoon. for Haichow. He stops for a day at Nan-King to confer with Marshal Chi before taking up his new position ae Commander of the Coast Dk fences. General Bei.was escorted te the train by. " detachment of the! 19th Division, under the command f General Kung Pan-doh, Occupa-Commissioner... The local Kiangsu officials were present, as well as" representatives of local Chinese organizations, Chambers of Commerce, the gentry, ete. a final farewell statement to the foreign, community through a representative of the "North China Daily. News," General Bei sai "1 regret leaving your large and beautiful-city but T have my. work} to complete in Haichow, which some day will be one of the important] ports of China. I must apologize not being able t2 maintain order! better than I have, but under the circumstances I have done the best}
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