Abundance of Rumour in the Chinese Press: Wu Pei-fu and Menace from Manchuria Paragraphs in the Chinese press are of more than ordinary. interest at the present time in view of the possibility of armed forces meeting in the field in the near future. While the preparations of Dr, Suni Yat-sen's army for its projected march on Peking are the subject of} daily comment and conjecture, prominence is now given to a menace on the part of the Manchurian war lord against the central Yangtze provinces.
The reports dealing with this, part of the business took shape from the moment that Chang Tso-lin started to withdraw his troops from the metropolitan area. Now, according to the Dah Tong News agency, Chang has effected.a concentration of 40,000 troops at Shuntehfu in preparation for battle with the Chihli forces. Shuntehfu is in_the southwest of Chihli, on the \Peking-Hankow Railway and not far from the Honan border.
Taken in conjunction with this item of news, there is a report in the "Eastern Times" that Wu Pei-has called a meeting of the military leaders of Chihli, _Shantung, Honan, Kiangsu,- Hupeh,
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