General Han was, however, possession of the Junction ven Ghengehow, and had no wish to see General Thu there with him. To forestall this he determined to blow great bridge on the Kin-Han Yellow iver. This is one test bridges in" Chin the expenditure of mint, of money and. incredible La ur. The railwaymen at Chengchow, Which is buts few miles south of the bridge were naturally apprehensive of-thie move on Han's part and informed him that, if it were' an unavoidable part of his policy, they would themselves arrange for the cutting of, the line, zo that Gen-feral Hu's forces could not pass down the line, and at the same time save the bridge. 'This was apparently done. Now it is reported that men Jot the two parties to the dispute, lover who is to occupy the Honan offices, have come (o blows. The affair seems to have been but a skirt mish, but it' may lead to greater rouble in the immediate future, if) commands are not forthcoming from Peking, as to definite appointments in the province.
Tt will be remembered that some few days ago, the Provincial Assembly met to discuss the present situation. After considering the military débdele of the Honan forces, Tye" Jand the departure of the Marshal fand the Civil and" Military Gover-hors, they forwarded a message Peking stating that the high offcials had resigned, and asking for appointments. Unless this is dono quickly, the fear is expressed that this struggle for fice will caus bloodshed in our district, Fear of Shensi Men Sunday, afternoon, Dec. 7.
Three ying of Han Hu-kuen's [Shens! soldiers came to the city the Sth Instant, though Han himself is remaining at¢'Chengehow to watch the movements of "General Hu men, till it shall be decided. whether br not his master, Full Liu Tyen-hva, will become. the' Miltary Governor or. the province, Yesterday was quiet, and people began to" think' that our troubles were over. This was not tobe, and today we sem to greater straits han ever. For Sun Yuoh's men. are on the Lung-Hai at the <own of Lanfeng, use three stations east of here, "Phe local officials and the gentry, with representatives of the Chamber for Commerce for the province, met conclave this morning to devise methods to avoid' a clash betwee this force and the "men. of Li army, now in posceasion of the city. Han's men have -commandered the remaining rolling tock on the line, thus prevening Sun's man from coming in by sr-in, but they fare there in force, and are deter-fined to claim the Civil Governor. ship for Goneal Sun, recording the Peking mandate appointing him to this post. Tt ts well known that Han Hu-kuen has had. the hope that if his master, the Tuli of Shen-4 Honanese by birch, and favour jed by the Honan merchant pics the Military Governor's yamen, the would gladly <ake second place the Civil Governorship.
'General Han claims that, as he ousted Marshal Wu. from Loyang and the province, ho is within his rights in claiming some of tte local rewards. General 'Ho Shui, Com-fender of the Third Citizen' Army, and head of the Air Force. of the country, now in command of General Sun's forces at Lanfeng, maintains) that Kaifeng is the provineicl capi-and contains master's yemen, and hither he is coming, des-\pite Han's Shensi forces.
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