An official recently arrived from Honan says that Cheng Sheng's position there is generally compared to that of Chang Hsun in Peking in 1917. He undoubtedly had the pledged support of nearly all the military men in Honan, just as Chang Hsun had the pledged support of nearly all the Tuchuns to his restoration movement, but that he made the same mistake in assuming that Wu Pei-fu would fall in line that Chang Hsun did in the case of Tuan Chi-jui. No one believes that Wu Pei-fu_pledg- E. ed his support and then changed his mind. It is considered much more likely that he was ignorant of the objective of the conspirators and it is assumed by some that had
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