Peking, July 5.
Yesterday evening Mr. Tang Shaoyi, with his family, went aboard the 8. Hemming.
Shortly afterwards Yuan Shibching, the late Taotai of Changchun, arrived and asked him for permission to introduce @ friend named Wang Cheng-hsiang. The latter, who comes from Szechuan and was formerly a member of the Tung-ménghui, is now an extreme Radical. Mr. Tang acquiesced.
The formalities of the _introduetion over Wang Cheng-hsiang drew two pistols which he pointed at Mr. Tang's head. The latter arked the meaning of this outrage. Wang replied "I want to know your reasons for leaving Peking." Mr. Tang manfully stood his ground and explained in great detail his view of the situation which, he considered, demanded his withdrawal.
Wang listened eagerly keeping Mr. Tang covered the whole time and finally expressed his satisfaction, but stated that he intended!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.