Feng Vu-hsiang believes in keeping his forces about Poking. He Jdoes not want to advance anywhere until he or enemy at a di able to take some ally strike him in the rear Peking and intends to to throw his strength on one side Feng Vu-hsiang' has been sonding legates to the Yangtze leaders: to influence them to support him Jagainst Chang 'Tso-lin. But the yangtze leaders do not trust him and despise his associate, Sun Yat-ison. They can risk an understand.' ing with "the Manchurian Hutze' much more easily than with the "Christian," for a."Hutze's" word has undoubted value. Feng Yuhsiang therefore continues to play} politics "in the Yangtze. He encourages minor officials to. betray' their superiors and utilizes Sun Yat-ison's under-world organization, the unworthy elements in the secret} societies, to keep the pot boiling.
The Yangtze Valley is sitting ight waiting for something to happen. The Peking and Tientsin lead-lors are waiting for the Yangtze to attack them.
'A spark may set the thing aflame again.
The trouble has just commenced.
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