"Will the Mukden government recognize a new President of China, when he is chosen," was the query put to Brigadier-General Chang Hseuh-liang, the son of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, by a representative of the ''North-China Daily-News," recently, while if Mukden. The answer came back clearly and tersely, "Tf a President is legally elected, Mukden will support him and will assist in every manner possible for a return to law and order. I will guarantee that."
Such a statement coming from one only 23 years old but. having the rank of Brigadier in the Fengtien army, naturally raises the question, "What weight does it carry?' In the first place the young General is the most powerful man in the Manchurian provinces, excepting, of course, the father. And really he is as important as the parent, for the campaign, which proved such a failure last summer' and which nearly became fatal to Chang Tso-lin, has made the young man. In the councils preceding those activities the young man fought against any active military policy, but' was overruled. However, the logic of his arguments, as later proved, coupled with the fact that it was he and his regiments of young men which averted calamity at Shanhaikuan, has given the Marshal such confidence in the son that he is now the determining factor in all decis-jons. And so it was that when an interview was requested with Chang Tso-lin, he sent the writer to see his son, for whatever he said would have the full weight of all Fengtien.
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