In the second place, it is feared that Marshal Chang Tso-lin is too late to achieve success in any such movement, It is pointed out that Marshal Wu Peiifu started his eampaign against the Cantonese too late. Likewise, delay in advancing against th enemy has proved fatal to Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, and, if he move his armies southward, Chang Tso-lin will be the third Marshal to court disaster. Novorber 27 is the anniversary of the revolt of Kuo Sung-ling, and thoughts go back to the possibility of a recurrence vf that treachery,
ante, with all tts resultant anxiety and From the foregoing it will obvious that Mukden is not in a cheerful mood. Even if the worst fears be not realized and success? attends the arma of Chang Tso-lin, the cost of such victory will have to be borne by the people, and the prospect is not to their liking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.