flow passing in China, the—following conuwaion "with the great, verite notes on Gen, Wa Pei-fu, in whom 0 many hopes are centred, are of interest. Gan, Wu stands for Citizens' and independent of military control, settle the future governance of China. He is utterly oj to any makeshift cabinet, which would offer little hope "Of improvement on its predecessors. Gen. Wu is now actually in-Peking and his progress in that stronghold reaction will be watched with the deepest, interest.
General. Wu Pei-fu is 47 years of age and was born about 50 miles from Chefoo in Penglai Hsien. He pursued his studies in his home With a view to taking the official examinations and at the age of 21 he passed as a "hsin-tsai." When ho was 25 he decided upon a military career and shortly afterwards entered upon a course of study at the Kaiping (Chibli) military school, He was first commissioned as a sub-battalion commander in the 8rd Division and with—this organization he has been associated ever since. He became commander of the 6th Brigade, 3rd_ Division, while campaigning for Yuan Shih-kai in Szechuan in 1916.~He was still a brigade commander when the 3rd Division came to Peking in 1917 to overthrow Chang Hsun, General Wu was appointed division commander of the 3rd Division and was given the title of Chiangchun (Marshal) on Tuan Chi-jui's second expedition into Hunan after Fu Liang-tso's flight from Changsha. For more than two years his force, in the extreme south of Hunan, acted as a buffer for Chang Chin-yao against Tan Yen-kai's Hunanese troops.
During the last year of his sojourn in Hunan Wu Peifw bombarded. Peking with—telegrams criticizing the administration. the frangest terms, until in May Of this year, when it was apparent that tha Anfu clique could obtain little more financial support from the Japanese, he determined "to return to the north and do what he could to right things. What he has done and what he is doing are parts of current history, To promote education among their fellow-labourers, the China Labour Association in Canton has recently organized a Street Lecturing Squad.
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