For, in the event of there being no military advance against the {tze, the new government will have to reappoint the present incumbents: in office. Any serious change would make it impossible for the Yangtze Provinces to work under the leader ship of Toan Chi-jui and would be tantamount to a declaration of wat} by Poking against the Yangtze war-
The Antu following of Tuan Chic Jui have strongly suggested the dismissal of Chi Haieh-yuan, promising Sum Chuan-fang that he would! romain in Chekiang as long as he favoured the appointment of Lu. Yung-hsiang to succeed Chi Hsichyuan at Nanking. This one change may be made. If it be made, it Il test the cohesive power of the Yangtze, for if they do not oppose such an order, then it will be clear~ Ty shown that there is no basis for! the belief that there exists an otgarlic union of the Yangtze warlords. It is freely stated by Antu leaders in Shanghai that "Chang Yuen-ming as been kept here through Anfu influence to bring about the elimination of Chi Hsichyuan. But the recently announced appointment of Lu Yun Chihli would seem to in all efforts againat Chi Hsieh-yuan ime, given way before the necessity of settling the situation in Peking prior to attempting anything in the Yangtze Valley far it is known that Tuan Chi has opposed all proposals for! the dismissal of Chi Hsieh-yuan, but the pressure from his followers is very strong, for they contend it }would not be right to lot Marshal Chi go unpunished for defeating Tian' Chi-jui's senior subordinate, Lu Yung-hsiang. This much they tell their chief they expect of him—the humiliation of Chi Hsieh-yuan.
The Brains of the Yangtze It is true that the forcing out of Chi Hsieh-yean would deprive the Yangtze combination of its sole brain. Tsai Cheng-hsun, Ma Lienjehia, Hsiao Yue-nan, Chao Hong-ti, Yang Sen and Sun Chuan-fang are not such leaders as men will follow with a sense of security in their judgment. Of these men Sun Chuan-fang of Chekiang "is "the Jcleverest, but. he is reported leave: everything to Wang Ching-
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