Hsiong Keh-wu said that he was a Szechuanese and that he had taken a great interest in the velopment of the province. He believed that it should be opened to commercial trade and was happy Chao Vu-hsin,}through the Gorges. speaking conditions, Hsiong Keh-wu was sufficiently convincing in his argument for the individual independence of the provinces to make us sure of his firm belief in The question of a central government and its location would be a simple matter to settle, he said, after all the provinees had proclaimed and secured autonomy. He also admitted that these are dangerous days for governors and Tuchuns.
This remarkable man had just been down river in conference with Tuchun Wang Chun-yuan and he had also called at Changsha to sce Governor Chao Hong-ti. The result of the conference was, according to Hsiong Keh-wu, simply avowals of friendship.
No confederacy of any kind had been formed, he said. T afterwards learned that Tuchun Wang Chan-yuan made the same statement regarding their conference. The plans of the two men did not run parallel. Chao Hong-ti was spoken of very cordially by Heiong Keh-wu. The latter said that the Governor of Hunan had been for many years a close friend of his.
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