It is also reported that the Honan. troops that were massed on the Kiangeu border have moved across the line at Inst, and have the railroad for some into Kiang4, The forces so advancing id to be the Honan Fourth and Ninth Divisions, How= ever, there ig still the same mystery surrounding this advance that has prevailed all the way through, One does not yet know what are" the intentions of the Tupan and his Staff. The forces nearer Tsaohsien, in Shantung, where the Fengtien troops are in some force, have not deen moved. That is at Lanfeng and at Kaocheng, on the Honan si of the Shantung border, the Honan men are watchfully waiting to defend the province against any threat that might materialize from Tsaohsien. If there is still the desire merely to remain neutral and to defend Haman, one is not quite prepared to explain this move into Kiangsu, Nor can one explain the objective of the move along the railroad into Kiangsu, unless there determination to fight—some-
Even Soldiers Go Short one, The opinion is very freely expressed that this is but " very tem-Porary measure and that it is but matter of a few weeks till the schools will, in most cases, have to close for a long holiday, as there are no funds in prospect, and no attempt to meet any demands other than those of the military leaders, When one remembers the -estimate that is put onthe numbers of soldiers in the province thes days, it is not to be wondered at that the whole revenue of the pro-insufficient to supply their Whether these warriors straw soldiers, paper soldier or really fighting soldiers, no one them less than 280,000, and others say a round 300,000, Further it is said that though all the funds of the province go to them, the various commissary officers never get more than 60 per cent. of their needs and that in paper too, so that even the soldiers are not satisfied with their doles.
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