The following interesting version of the plan of attack prepared by the Fengtien party to meet the menace of
fee kesh concise Wu Feite one from the Parse pa0' whose correspondent it Chang Tso-lin's original plan, which is detailed below, was~ disclosed to the Chihli party by a member of the Chiaotung Party before it could be put into execution (1)—Purchase of support—Chang Tso-lin subscribed $8,000,000; Chang) Hsun $4,000,000 ($2,000,000 paid first); the Chiaotung clique $3,000,- 000; a prince of the Manchu Court 32,000,000; or $17,000,000 in all. One man was given $2,000,000, five men $300,000 each; Chen Shu-fan $100,000, two others $100,000 each, the Navy promised $200,000 if it would support Chang. Chang Tsung-ch'ang, Wu Kuang-hsin and others were given a certain amount to proceed to Tsingtao in secret where they were to enlist troops to disturb the peace of Shantung. The balance was reserved to cover military expenses.
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