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Commissioner of Shanghai and Sungkiang from 1917 to 1919) when he became Tuchun of Mr. Van der Eyden's letter in yesterday's paper stating that he was unable to join the Chekiang.
At that time the Machine Gun Ca. because it was Anfu party were still in control British Peking and Marshal Lu) replies. has evoked several We have, therefore, retained control of the Shanghai made independent inquiries and district with the right to put in his own man_as Defence Com-
Team that Mr. Eyden was not refused admittance to the) missioner. He only barely acquiesced in the temporary Presidency of Li Yuan-hung expedient necessitated by the times, and has entirely refused to recognize President Tsao Kun, declaring his province independent. There is thus a double cause of friction between him {and Marshal Chi of Nanking. Shanghai is in Kiangsu province, the ruler of which, Marshal Chi, not altogether unnaturally feels that he should have control of it; and while the Nanking Marshal belongs to the Chihli party, the Chekiang Marshal be-Tongs to the Anfu, Machine Gun Ca., which is not a British Ca. although the great majority of its members are British, but was told that his: application would come before a committee meeting of that unit. (fast units subject candidates} to. scrutiny in this manner.) Without waiting for a reply to is application' Mr. Eyden sent: us the letter which we published yesterday, and which has evoked "otters of which we print two to-day.
There is, we understand, a proposal to form a new battery of light field guns, which we trust will be composed of all
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