Peking's Offer of Compromi to Counteract Divisions in Chihli Party Tentstn News Seavics. jen tsin May 17.
President Tsao Kun, owing to the split in his own, the Chili, party, feels that peaceful relations should bbe restored with Chang Tso-lin and the Fengtien party, says. the "Far Bastern Times," and has, according ly requested Generals Wang Chan-yuan, Chang Hsi-luan, Li Chi-chun and Mr, Chao Erh-hsun to offer Marshal Chang the following term:
1,—Chihli troops shall be stationed in Inner Mongolia and paid by the Central Government, but taxes shall be collected 2.—A Fengtien Army Staff office may be established in Peking but it shall not be called Headquarters of the Fengtien Troops.
8.—Normal conditions shall be restored on the Peking-Mukden Railway, but the Director of the Railway' Administration, the station masters, inspectors and gendarmes, shall, be'appointed by Fengtien, 4.—Fengtien, Kirin and Heilung-Kiang shall cancel their autonomy and pledge their allegiance to the Central Government, 5—The section of the Peking-'Mukden line within the Great Wall shall be protected by Chibli troops and the Fengtien troops shall assume responsibility for the proteetion of the section outside the Wall Three Enstern Provinces shall be appointed by the Central Gover ment through Fengtien's recommendations, TomFengtion, Kirin and Hellunge Kiang may retain their statutory yemittanees tothe Central Government for the payment of three divisions and Mixed brigades to. be—maintained the Three Eastern Provinces and, if there be any deficit, it shall be made up by the Genttal Government.
—The salt revenues of the Eastern Provinces shall be handed over to the Suilt Commis loners but such revenues may be appropriated for paying the arrears Manchurian troops, 9.—The Central" Government address the authorities of the Three Eastern Provinces in official despatches as "tuiis" (Military Governors) "and "sheng-changs" (Civil Governors).
10—The Central. Governm shall sanction any vecommendati by the Fengtien, Kirin and Heilung-Kiang. authorities concerning the awarding of orders of merit, decorations or other official ranks 1L—With the exception of ju cial and customs officials who are to be directly appointed by the Central Government, other officials may be freely appointed by the ien authorities.
12.—Chihli troops shall be station ed within the Great Wall and Fengtien troops without, for defensive purposes, but Shanhaikuan shall be Jointly guarded by gendarmes and Inspectors despatched by both sides. No troops of either side shall be allowed to enter Shanhaikuan.
1R—The five districts cast of Chaoyang in Jehol shall be handed over to the control of the Feny troops.
14-~The losses sustained in the Chihli-fengtien war shall be borne the Central Government, indemnity to be paid by cither side to the other, 15—The Fengtien and Chihli troops defending the borders shall Keep within their respective posts and any: who dare to pick a quarrel shall be dealt with according to military law.
16,—Fengtien and Chihli shall each work for permanent peace between the two parties and neither side shall disturb the peace by lending help to rebels.
17—Fengtien may recommend men of talent to be members of the Cabinet, suppressed.
19,—Fengtion may appoint' delegates to participate in conferences on diplomatic altairs, 20,—No territory, railway mines in the Three astern Provinees shall be mortgaged for foreign loans.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.