Another Amazing Turn-over—Yunnanese Driven from Chengtu—Tuchun Hsiong Returning in Triumph From a Correspondent Chengtu. Sept. 8.
During the past three weeks conditions in Szechuan have undergone another of those wonderful unexpected changes so characteris-tie of Szechuan politics.
Briefly, the present situation may be summed up as follows. Chengtu is once again the head of a new Szechuanese Government, the Southwest Confeder: troops driven out of the city: and what is mone significant, is that the new Gov ernment recognizes Peking and is accepting its mandates from the Central Government of the North. Thus after nearly three years of independence and affiliation with the South, Szechuan has returned to the support of Peking. As will be seen from the outline of recent events given below. this-Volteface has been brought about by the men who were largely responsible for this province joining the South two years ago. Furthermore, these Szechuan leaders, for the moment in "alliance." have all at one time or another fought each other or turned each other out of positions they wished to occupy themselves.
'A Typicat. Caixese ALLIANCE.
It is a typically Chinese 'Holy' Alliance" based on mutual jealous sies to further the selfish aims of each of the allied parties in the nauie of patriotism with plenty of "face" and "'cover''—mtentze—to serve as an effectual camouflage which deceives no one In my last letter I spoke of the unknown factor of a possible effectual alliance between Hsiong Keh-wu and Liu Ts'en-hou. This, factor has now become known and has made itself felt with startling rapidity.
The first sign was that on August) 19 Lit Ch'ao, placed temporarily head of the province by the Confederacy troops, removed his family from Chengtu, down to Luchow the headquarters of the Yunnan forces operating in Szechuan. Though ordered by Marshal T'ang Chi-yao to proceed on an expedition against Hsiong Keh-wu. supported by Yunnan troops as far north as Suining and Taihochen. Lit Ch'ao continued putting off his departure prouiising meanwhile he would certainly start soon.
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