Common Saying that Present War Is Likely to Last Indefinitely Mr. Yeh Kung-cho, Minister of Communications, has arrived in Shanghai, together with a number of Tefugoes from the new regime Poking.
According to stories brought down from Peking by, some of the refugees, wealthy" men are being asked to contribute funds to. the new regime, the sums ranging as high as several hundred thousand dollars, Such pessimism prevails that the war now being waged is definitely. talked of as likely to continue in-
The trial of Mr. Tseng Vu-cheng, the Anfu leader, is reported to have been most interesting. A sub: ordinate official in the Ministry of Education acted as his judge. Mr. Tseng claimed that the trial was illegal and consistently refused to answer questions, whereupon he was deprived of his liberty and eventually shot. The charge again him was that he had been implicated the Gold Frane settlement. According to those reports, Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang has come into possession of data showing exactly how much certain Chinese got out of the Gold Franc settlement and that he intends to force them to return the honey, if he can get hold of them, A number of former cabinet officers have taken refuge in Legation Quarter. Marshal Tuan ems to be unable to protect the members of the Anfu Party of which he is the nominal head.
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