Peking, March 19. I learn from a reliable source that the telegram announcing Kuangsi's declaration of independdence by Kuangsi came from Nanning, capital of Kuangsi and not from Liuchow. As Chiangchun Lu Yung-ting of Kuangsi is now at Liuchow and not at Nanning, the telegram must have been forged by Lieut.-General Cheng Ping-kun, who was appointed officiating Director-General in charge of mi tary affairs of Kuangsi during the absence of General Lu Yung-ting as Pacification Commissioner for Kueichow. The Government has, accordingly, telegraphed to Liu. chow asking General Lu about the matter.
Chang Ping-kun is a rai of the Lihsientang or Constitutional-and is at Nanning in of military affairs of Kuang:
Liang Chi-chao was invited by this officer to proceed to Kuangsi and not by General Lu Yung-ting. It is, therefore, suggested that General Lu might have been com pelled by these men to oppose the Central Government, as he hae only 3,000 troops at Liuchow.
A telegram has been received from Chiangchun Lung Chi-kuang of Kuangtung. saying that he is perfectly confident of being to maintain peace and order i own Province. If this confidence be well founded, there is no danger from Kuanagtung which is now more important than Szechuan. The recent bestowal of a second class
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