Chang Hbun's name has seldom been absent from political discussions these many months back. According to reports from Peking he is again being pushed for the post of Inspector of Kiangsu, Anhui and Kiangsi as hard as Manchuria's overlord can push him. This, of course, is no new story; he has been a candidate for the position for long; but the xeason assigned for Chang Tso-lin's present anxiety that he should occupy the post is not without interest. Little Hsu is the cause, his suspected comings and goings between Shanghai (?) and Tsingtao are causing disquiet. He was most inconvenient to office-holders in Peking when there with his frontier force, and prior to his downfall was a source of danger to all opponents. He must, therefore, be kept quiet, and accordingly, could it be arranged, the strategical position_on the Yangtze would be given to Chang Hsun who. is apparently regarded as strong enough to render Little Hsu innocuous. In these provinces Chang Benn, the old
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