Possibility of Fighting Between Chekiang and Kiangsu Up to the end of last week the impression seemed to prevail that Shanghai and the local district would not be involved in the struggle now impending in the north, but news reaching here yesterday puts a different complexion on the case. The possibility now seems very strong that if an encounter of the Fengtien and Chibli armies occurs, Kiangsu and Ché- kiang may be engaged in hostilities.
General Chi Shih-yuan, Tuchun of Nanking, has expressed his opinion on the crisis as it affects his province by means of a letter to Chang Chien, the well-known industrialist. He declared against war, and, pointing out that he and Yung-hsiang, Tuchun of Ché- kiang, were old friends, said that there was no occasion for hostilities.
A report has now reached Shanghai that as soon as the armies in the north meet, the Chekiang Tuchun will march against Nanking. This belief is corroborated in a report received from Nanking itself,
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