probable that the most uncomfortable man in the province at the time is the new tuchun. Who is he, and what has he done? Is he the nephew of Chang Hsun? Then it is clear that Anfuism is still a power to be reckoned with. What Chang Wen-song has done to merit a tuchunship has not yet been published. The only spark of satisfaction to the man at the market is that Nyi has been cashiered before he hands in his. cheques." Li Shun is now—Inspector-General of the Yangtze. That term has never yet been quite satis: factorily explained. Tt will be interesting to see what the Inspector-General can do on the part of the ingtze that runs through Chang Wen-song's territory There is every possibility of trouble. The sons of Nyi are not likely to he satisfied with the present arrangement. If Ma Lien-chia supports them. or if he, on his own, sets out to get what he thinks (and others think) he deserves, then there will be trouble between Nyi's troops and Chang Hsun's. There would be little needed to set those fellows fighting anyway. Then there are Li Shun's troops ready to defend Pu-kou and that end of the railway. Rumours are about that the men who have been enrolled since Wu Pei-fu's coup ave being taken from their places of enrolment to Pengpu, Well, if fighting takes place. let us hope that those who deserve it most will be first killed.
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