Marshal Wu Pei-fu Asked to Come to Peking: Gen, Wang in Charge According to a private telegram received last in principal Chinese polit circles, Marshal Tuan fled to the Japanese garrison and Marshal Wang Shih-chen, senior surviving general of the old Peiyang Military party, has taken charge of the Government in Peking. At the same time, Marshal Chang Tso-lin telegraphed to Marshal Wu Pei-fu to come to Peking immediately. General Ting Vu-cho wax appointed Tupan of Kiangsi and General Chow Slsi-cheng, Tupan of Kueichow. The appointment in Kiangsi was made jointly by Wu Pei-fu and Sun Chuan-fang, indicating cooperation between them.
Locally the appointment of Marshal Wang to his present position by the northern militarists is regarded as a makeshift until a Government can be formed. who is rather pro-Anglo-Saxon in his views, Minister of Foreige Affairs and which has been suggest ing to the Legations that the! Kitominehun is not as Red as it looks.
On several occasions previous to the present trouble, this group has been indicating its opposition to the student disturbances in Peking. General Chang has been particularly insistent that the constabulary and the troops in Peking should keep the students at their books and out of political demonstrations. Recent-Ty, certain taxes, which had been ear-marked for educational purposes had been used for military purposes, and on the whole, an cstragement existed between the Kuominchun and tthe students who had done so much to. keep this party in power.
The pro-Russian party within the Kuominchun opposed the general policy, followed by these leaders, of Keeping the students out of polities. They pointed to the fact that the Kuominchun owed much to. student and labour support; that the Kuominchun was really a revolutionary organization, which rested upon popular good-will as expressed by the students and that the exigencies of the war were throwing the party too much into the hands of Tuan Chi-jai and his entourage. The events leading up to the student's demonstration was more of a result of the row within the Keominchun as it was a demonstration against the Taku Ultimatum. The chairman of the meeting was George Hsu Chien.
"The troops which actually fired on the students were not Kuomi chun: troops. They are said to be-Tong to Wa Kuang-hsin, brother-
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