Politically it would appear that four principal factions are struggle' ing namely Chang, Teo-lin, the Anfu party, Feng Vu hsiang and the Kuomingtang, or Sun Yat-sen's party. They have agreed to stage a peace conference upon Sun's arrival, ard have made political and military Eat this does not mean they have ceased activities. Nor does it mean that the big chieftans—Tuan, Chang. and Feng—have any faith' in the fruits of the coming conference. They do not, und their manceuvres prove it, The struggle, as already: stated, is actually between the Anta Party, plus Chang Tso-lin, on the one side, and Feng Vu-hsiang. plas the Kuomingtang, on the other. Moreover, it is resolving into a cent: est of fundamentals between factions. possessing entirely opposite thennes' of government. One side, the Anfu-Chang party, believes in the: strong-man theory, and government. from the top downwards. The: other side, the Kuomin-Feng party, believes in revolution, beginning at the bottom. They are as far apart as the poles and no peace conference can reconcile them, Sun Yat-sen's ideas are well known, but Feng Vu-hsiang has just begun to reveal his similar theoies by organizing a "Salvation ently, want to hear those words." that expresses their general at titude, They believe only in a central government which rules the provinces in all vital things directly from. the capital, "We'll do. the governing," said another of them ve-"the people can attend to their' wor commonly said by many opponents justice to Marshal Tuan, it the Antu party that he is sincere:
Interested in bringing about better 148 not the courage or power cut himself away from the type who attach themselves: to It he could drop them entirely, it is said that Tuan would have an infinitely greater and more confident following throughout, the country. Like many other ood men, he cannot see anything ulterior in the loyalty of his camp followers, nor does he suspect them of possessing motives not_morally equal his own. Krowing well the rection of these undereurvents, way they have peculiar to them selves, Chinese here do not anticipate any lusting results from the peeve conference. Many of them, onthe other hand, feel that the straggle will continue, until such time as the people really awaken to the dire of drastic. und nation-wide
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