Peking, Jan. 15. The Civil Governor of Kueichow reports a skirmish with the Yunnan troops in the west of Kueichow on the lith instant and that the rebels retired to Yunnan territory when they saw that the Kueichow troops did not join them but would fight against them if they tried to enter into Kueichow Province. Governor Lung and General Liu again requested the Government to order the troops under General Tso Kun not to enter into Kueichow territory otherwise peace could not be main-amed and added that Tsai Ao and Tang Chi-yao had already promised to do the same. Tsao Kun has been ordered to do what he thinks fit according to the local ciroumstances after his arrival on the Szechuan-Kueichow frontiers as the Cen*ral Government is unable to control the situation from Pekiag. This means to put off the Yunnan revolters and the northern troops will enter into Kueichow to attack Yuonan after the arrival of Tsao Kun's main force.
For the present, the Central Government has not given 8 definite reply to the Kueichow authorities about this proposal and the real attitude of Kueichow approaches "neutrality" towards the Central Government, because the same trick was played against Huang Hsing by the Military and Civil Governors of Ché- kiang during the so-called second revolution in the south in 1913 with the connivance of Peking. By adopting this trick, Kueichow will be saved from an attack from Yunnan previous to the arrival of the northern forces which will enter Kueichow via Szechuan after the main body of Tsao Kun's troops has reached the Szechuan-Kueichow frontiers next month. According to official telegrams received from the various Provinces by the Central Government, Yunnan is now isolate eds there is no support from neighbouring Provinces.
According to the Chinese Press the Civil Governor of Kueichow, Lung Chien-chang, has tele-
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