The Mukden warlord's first and main demand was that Chang Chung-chang should replace Cheng Shih-chi at Tsinanfu. The Chief Executive, as in the ease of Chi Hsieh-yuan at Nanking, argued against any hasty action, saying that an atmosphere favourable to the prospective incumbent should' first be created in Shantung. But. this was not to be; Chang Tso-lin retorted that the atmosphere could be created afterwards, that he must ave the whole of the Tientsin-
Pukou line held by his own men without any further delay. So Tuan had to give way, and Saturday's mandate was the result. Shantung polities cannot be di regarded in this fashion, and igh Chang Chung-chang is a Shantungese, he may have some trouble in winning over the Shantung militarists. Already reports have been circulated in Peking that they, ere adopting an ugly attitude toward the mandate, which might: have been rendered digestible if they had first been placated.
The Honan Football The Honan Tupanship has been a football between Fengtien and Kalgan since the death of Hu Ching yi, Feng Yichsiang wanted Yueh. Weitsun, buf Chang Tso-lin nominated 'Sun Yueh. He and Li Ching-lin did not care to see Sun roaming about at large with his horde of soldiers, and the only way, to relieve them' of the fear that eventually he would return to Faotingfu was to peg him down to real live "Tupanship. Although Paotingfu has already been turned over to General Li, some of Sun's: men are still in the neighbourhood of Tamingfu, which means that the whole of the Chihli section of the: Peking-Hankow line has not yet been brought within the jurisdic~ tion of Fengtien. It seemed until day or two ago that Chang Tso-Tin would win his point, and even now, Feng's victory is only half-complete, for Yueh Weitsun has not Feceived substantive rank, being only the Shall Tupan. And Feng. lis apparently been, overborae insistence that Liu Chen-hu:
Honan trouble, issed from the Tupanship. more with T Chang Tso-lin, but the Mukden warlord has been fighting his battles for him, and presumably will be with his wholehearted allegiance in the future. His retention in the Shensi post after defying the Kuominchun by force of arms, 'a blow to Feng's prestige, who had already earmarked the office for Wu Hsin-tien, the General who was left in charge at Sianfu after Liu went to the Honan front.
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