Making the Premier Lose Face By Bruce Baster.
The position of Premier Chin Yun-peng is very uncertain, and it is unlikely that he will hold his present post more than two or three mouths. The Premier is having a most unpleasant time in his attempt to overcome the influence of General Hsu Shu-cheng in the Anfu Party. There was a considerable portion of the Anfuites that rallied to his support when he accepted the premiership, but later finding that Tuan Chi-jui was unwilling to back Premier Chin against his favourite, Little Hsu, they withdrew one by one—from supporting the Premier, and to-day General Chin Yun-peng finds himself in an isolated position. He cannot stand long without the aid of his master, Tuan Chi-jui,. and since, Tuan is opposed to the radical programme of the Premier there is no hope of his rendering any assistance. In other words the Premier is alone—all of his more ent supporters have left him Tuan Chi-jui has always recognized General Chin Yun-peng and General Hsu Shu-cheng as _his senior subordinates, and has placed them in most confidential positions. These two young generals have never been able to work together harmoniously, and both have sought from time to time to destroy the other.
General Hsu is by all odds the brighter of the two men, and he has outwitted General Chin at every turn in the political game. It General Hsw that had his Political rival elevated to the post of Premier,.for he saw in this his opportunity to destroy him. It was impossible to attack General Chin as long as _he was in the background. so Little Hsu contrived to "place him in the highest position in the Government, and then began an attack upon his character and policy that has ruined General Chin's chances of political success in the future. It was Little Hsu that placed General Chin where he is, and it is the well planned at: tacks of Little Hsu that will remove the Premier in a very short time. He has held the Premier before the public as an incompetent and un. worthy official. The Premier has been able to do nothing to make anyone believe that he is a man of any force of character, and the comparison that the general public has made between Generals Chin and Hsu has greatly damaged the former. and helped the latter.
Latesr Scapecoar, The followers of Little Hsu now deny that he had anything to do with the Japanese, and that it was Premier Chin that really made the secret pacts with the Mikado. We find many publicity agents now iv engaged in whitewashing Little Hsu. They are placing all of the blame upon the Premier, and
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