Perhaps a significant test indicative of the falling moral of the An-suites is revealed by the visit to the Presidency this morning of Tsao Ju-lin, who, shedding tears, besought the President to issue a mandate, forbidding hostilities. The foregoing adds pungency to the report that General Chang Kuei-ti's W mission of mediation to General Tsao Kun has proved abortive. General Tsao Kun declined to compromise, asserting that, if he were victorious, he would demand the heads of Marshal Tuan Chi-jui and General Hsu Shu-tseng, but that, on the other hand, if he should be vanguished, he was willing that his and General Wu Pei-fu's heads should be sent to Peking.
The interruption of several railways to Peking is interfering w food supplies and food prices are soaring. Representations are being made to the Diplomatic Corps with a view to ensuring the passage of a certain number of food trains daily. The Anfuites are securing transport labour by means of a press-gang. which is most unpopular though a daily wage of 25 cents is promised.—Reuter.
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