I learn on high authority that there is some friction between Prince Ching and H.E. Yuan Shih-kai on the one side and the old Grand Councillor of State, Chang Chih-tung, on the other over the Chekiang railway loan, The two former ie loan, while H.E. Chang dislikes it on the ground that it is against the wishes of the people of Chekiang and Kiangsu, There is report that Grand Councillor Chang may be re-appointed Viceroy of the Liangkuang Provinces under the pretext that there is trouble in Kuang-ud also to take charge of West iver question. The real reason would be to get him out of the Capital.
BETWEEN TWO FIRES, January 25.
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