Peking, July 31.
In an interview which I had with Gen. Wu Pei-fu at headquarters, near Changhsintien, yesterday, the Commander of the' 3rd Division made it emphatically clear that his campaign was undertaken in the interests of Chinese democracy, and that he did not intend that conspiracy among politicians should rob the people of the fruits of his victory.
The National Popular Assemb'y suggested in his communication te Tsao Kun was designed to take the work of reconstruction out of the hands of Peking politicians and Tuchuns, and put it in the hands of genuine representatives of the people.
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