"My position is different from that of other military officials.
Topan of Chekiange by the will the people of Chekiang. Public was selected me Tupan. Wu offer would mean. that 7 to desert the province probably to live in Foo Public opinion in. Chekiang Sould be opposed to that. The:
ople would say that Lam not true: ideals nor faithful to the trust they reposed in me.
"No matter what happens, Marshal Lu laughingly emphasized, return to the West ake and everybody will be pleased Tf T accepted Wu Pei would be different.
Chekiang a long time Tknow what the people think of me and want of me. Tam not going to desert them for my own interests 'oF my own peace.
"The principle which we have assume is that a military dictatorship is against the best interests {the people of China. The Peking Government exists on a military dictatorship, "Of course, anywhere government can bs unified _by force, if you use enough force. But lias it proved practicable, thus fac? Tu my opinion, it has only proved a policy. which ruins provinces and makes the people suffer. Take, for instance, the example of the province of Fukien. There has! hien tighting in that province for almost It years; yet there is ne tunifeation. there is no peace. Fei-fa claims that he has unified Screhuan; but a careful investiga-mot that will prove that Ssechuan is to-day not really un-ifed nor at peace. Bony different parties are prolonging the processer of disunion in China. It is not the function of the Chinese Governme! te encourage one party against the other, to foment strife and to antagnize' different parts of the coun-
On the afternoon of the 26th, members of the Chamber of Com: merce met at the Public Garden to discuss means of raising a large sum of money demanded by the ary forces. A great crowd gathered, protesting against those] who had ordered the police t> aid the drafting of recruits, and demanding that relatives who had been taken should be returned to them.
A prominent official was surrounded land his clothes torn, but he escaped without serious bodily injury, The President of the Chamber of Con merce had endeavoured t> quiet the people, assuring them that a method would be found whereby: the drafted men would be returned to their homes.
Yesterday afternoon a crowd several thousand people, including many wonien and country people, assembled at the Public Ga women crying out for husbands, all awaiting the arrival These gentlemen failing to appear, the mob started at] four o'clock for the home of the!
President of the Chamber of Commerce near by. The iron door was broken down and enraged men and women entered, destroying everything of value they" could lay: their hands on. Nothing was. carried away, but valuable scrolls, gowns and other garments were torn to shreds, redwood lantern, shades pulled down and broken to pieces and costly vases shattered, the damage done amount-to some thousands of dollars. Some favoured setting fire to the house, but this was not done out of consideration for the neigh. hours. Members of the family and servants escaped through a break in a rear wall. Seven civil police, who were protecting the house, were: beaten with bricks and boards and went to the hospital with minor injuries.
Soldiers passed through this district yesterday, going south toward the Yangtze River and using the! auto road. This morning about 200 cavalry troops took the same route! to Chinkiang, coming from somewhere north of this city.
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