Last week the new Civil Governor, Mr. Hsia, arrived in Hankow from Peking. He had a great reception from representatives of! the Street Associations and various' other bodies, but his presence is! not looked upon with favour by the: military body. The night after his arrival, his yamen in Wuchang was surrounded by a number of soldiers! belonging to the Ist Division, and it was made clear to him that it would be much better if he left the city altogether. I hear that he has taken the hint and gone to live in the ex-German Concession in Han- d where he has taken over a building as an office.
It is felt that Mr. Hsia will soon be making tracks for Peking again, since although he is a Hupeh man and the person the people of the province wanted for the office, besides receiving his appointment direct. from the central government, he is not acceptable to the Tuchun and his party. The military governor wanted to get in his nephew as head of the civil administration and hence is said to be engineering' the expulsion of Hsia.
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