No military group wants to remain in Honan any longer. The fact that the farmers are deserting their lands and that taxes have been collected so far in advance makes it difficult for many of the militarists to collect much more.
'The Wu Pei-fu party therefore is hoping not for Honan but for Shantung. They will leave Honan to the Kuominchun but, using the Lunghai railway, will' attempt to dislodge Chang Chumg-chang from Shantung. Wu Pei-fu, in the event of a success, will occupy Shantung. It must be remembered that both Wu Pei-fu and Sun Chuan-fang are natives of Shantung, although Sun Chuan-fang likes to speak of him: self as a Hupeh man or political reasons. In this nativity lies an important connexion with the present events. with the navy men holding the, upper hand. Their position was greatly strengthened when three] more warships, headed by the Hai Chi steamed into port at 3 o'clock, this afternoon after a speedy trip from Chinwangtao. A conference of all the ships was at once called on board the Shouho, the leader in the movement.
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