Meeting Contrary to All Precedent: Little Talk But Immeés diate Action: The Toy Gover ment Left to Amuse Lega. 1 tion Quarter: Decisive Joint Military Action "From Rooney Gusset Peking, June 30.
Most Chinese conferences are distinguished by a great deal of talk. Jand no results. Within a few hours fatter Yhe several meetings between Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fa on Monday, it began to be apparent that ¢his meeting had to be recorded a new departure in Chinese conferences, because all witnesses were agreed that very little indeed had been said, but things began to happen instantly.
As everyone knows from the tele. graphic reports, Chang Teo-lin called on Wu Pei-fu on Monday morning, exchanged compliments and depart~ fed, where upon Wu Pei-fu called ripon Chang Tos-lin, exchanged compliments and departed. That Jafternoon the temporary cabinet} gave the two great militarists a semi. public reception in the audience hall of the presidential palace, where Jeveryone was very polite and took \particular pains to say nothing worth quoting. Marshal Wu made hurried fealls upon Chao Erh-hsun, Wang Shih-cion and W. W. Yen to thank, these persons individually for keey'- ing the seats of the mighty wai since the departure of the Kuomin-jehu and then left town, ae abruptly Jand unceremoniously as he had come into it, while Chang Tso-lin took his departure almost immediately after, Rumours Like Weeds It can readily be imagined what 1 weed-like crop of rumours sprang. up after this display of baste. The) community had expected a protracted and tedious discussion of every reputed point at issue between the Fengtien and Chibli camps. The'
Anything will serve as a puppet show for the diversion of the Lega: tions and as an institution to which, protests can be referred or, through which money can be borrowed if. loans are possible. Apart from there few qualifications what does any, Military dictator want with a Government?" To have displayed interest in the Peking Government would have raised the question of the administration to a position of false importance, encouraging subordinates and Professional politicians in telg conspiracies and squabbles and thereby Teading directly to the cole. lapse of the alliance. Peking and the horde of politicians, parliament lauans, would-be financiers and amble ious petty militarists who were already in the arena and primed for the show, had to be shown that it /did not count and that its so-called problems were of no interest, what lever to the great ones whose thought and purposes were elsewhere.
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