jFOR GOVERNMENT
Yen to be Chairman If Wang Ching-wei Refuses Peking, Jaly 1, After having attended an ime portant political conference at Tale yuan, Messrs, Chao Pei-lien and 'Chi Kung-chuan, two important officials of the' Shansi faction, arrived here yesterday in order to confer with the party, element in, the Northern Coalition group.
'As the result of consultations betwvoen these Shansi politicians and the other elements in the Coalfr tion rou, it has been decided ty create the' proposed Provisional Government Committee composed of the five political leaders, namely: Generals Yen Hsi-shan, Feng Yous hsiang, Chang Hsueh-liang, If Chung: jen and Mr. Wang Ching wel. Tt has also been decided that General Yen Hsi-shan shoul assume the chairmanship of the proposed Government Committes should Me. Wang Ching-wel doding to accept the invitation, As regards the inclusion of Mry Tang Shao-yi and General Hour Tsung-chi in the Government Come mittee, the Northern politicians consider that it might be better to postpone the invitation to these politicians for some time to come, Tu the meanwhile, the recent conference at Taiyuan regarded the immediate entry of General Change Hsuehsliang to the membership off the proposed committee as extremely, unlikely in the present circumstances and, therefore, it has been found necessary to send an ems Mukden to ascertain th of the Young Mukden war lord, rior to issuing an invitation to birny Mx. Chao Pei-lien, an_eminen{ Shansi politician, wha arrived here, on Sunday from "Taiyuan, explained the opinions of General Yen Hsi-shan regarding the present situ, tion:
"In view of the present delieata domestic as well as international General 9 North. And, although his idea that the proposed establishment of Provisional Government must, be Ddased upon the it_must be cre initiative of the party has under~ gone no change whatever, he thinly' that some expedient means must be found in regard to the procedure for the establishment such a Provisional Government, "He apparently intends to issue' another manifesto as a: supplement to the recent joint circular maniw feato, which caused the split of view: among the Coalition politician concerning party affairs, with to making such manifesto the: basis for the creation of the pro-, pewed Provisional Government the North."—Rengn.
To Seize Peking Customs Peking, July 2
Chinese reports to-day indicate that the Shansi authorities intend to tale over the local Customs me Peking shortly. A foreigner hag arrived from Tientsin' who is bee lieved to be investigating matters) with this end in view, but the local Customs, so far, continue to tunes tion normally without interferences
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