No Personal Ends But the Good of China Tientsin, July 97., General Chang Tso-lin, interviewed by the "Peking & Tientsin Times," declared that his purpose was the unification of China. He had not wished for war, with Marshal Tuan Chi-jui_ but the latter had sought to protect his followers, who wanted division to continue' in China in order to make money from Japanese loans.
General Chang said that the punishment of Marshal Tuan should be left to the President and that he should not be allowed to exercise any further influence in the capital and should be made to retire completely from the field of politics.
General Chang declared that he was fighting for no personal ends and that he would obey the President in the matter of the construction of the Government.
Questioned regarding the fate of Parliament, he said that he had no definite opinion, but that a conference of Tuchuns and representatives of the people would be held at Tientsin to decide the term of Parliament, which in any case will be expired in two months Sovrnern Sverort Cramten.
General Chang said that he was assured of the support of all the Southern Generals except General Tang Chi-yao, whose friendship he ~Wvas trying gain. He repudiated the foreign suspicion that the crisis would end in the substitution of a new military clique in the place of the Anfu Club and added that party strife must be eliminated and. if any militarist sought to dominate the country, he would become a common enemy.
General Chang promised that the railway situation should be cleared soon as possible, he had ordered his troops to concentrate at Nanyuan, Lanfang, Chinghai and Tongshan and, when this concentration had been completed, the rolling-stock would be freed. Military interference would be punished.
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