By Grorce. E.
The peace of Shanghai is of such tremendous importance to the welfare of China that in dis: cussing the state vf the county, with General Chi Hsieh-yn tuchun of Kiangsu, t could nol t the temptation of putting a dir question on a rather de+
"General Chi,' Lasked, "should yin north China, would be endangered because different political corns of the generals in this Chi replied, been able maint relations With all proty prevent attacks on ssu from without and dis:
within, This is my particular field of work. Lamay not bd able to play an important part in national rs, but Lb atry td kop this provines, for which wun responsible, peace,—Your may assure all who are interest, that unless (fis province is attacked, there will be no fighting in the fewer Yangize and L do not believe that' this provineu will be attacked."
"But, General tinued,"
should Chi," I con-national wan take place between contending forces in the north, what wall you do?"
"Your question is a little too blunt,"
the Tuchun replied. "Yow ask ime for al] my plans, which mot give you. Bub this 1 can =there have heew nivtional wars in China, wars about Peking and in other places China, but we have always managed to keep out. But we must not be attacked by others. I am willing to j with any patriotic Chinese in keeping peace in this part of China. Rumours about—neighbouring:
Jomyself not being en f re nonsense. We ridly terms are good friends, although we do not always have the sama opinion as to what will savd China, Who knows what programme is the best at this moment?"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.