If half the rumours which have been printed in the treaty port papers were true we in Honan would now be having a most anxious time, in the midst of wars and rumours of wars. But the contrary is true except that now the people are becoming anxious when they read in the Chinese papers what evil things are about to take place in Honan, if they have not already taken place. There is no apparent friction between the Tuchun and General Wu Pei-fu, but if anything their relations are seemingly better than they have ever been. General Wu has moved large numbers of troops to the North, but a missionary just_returned from the North of the Province says there seems to be a movement back again now.
Moveyents or Troops, Troops under Chao Chieh have been moved in from outlying towns to Kaifeng, but it is said this is simply as a precautionary measure in case conflict should break out between General Wu Pei-fu and Marshal Chang Tso-lin.
If the, former feared an attack from tha Suchowfu end of the Lunghai railway he could easily send plenty of troops straight across from Loyang, just 10 or 12 hours distant from Suchow, but no troops have been sent that way.
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