angtzé Tuchuns Sceptical. of Proposed Combine: How the Marshal Was Passed On nom OUR Own ContrsronDENs, Wuchang, Nov. 19.
Amid the kaleidoscopic changes of affairs in this centre, it is becom-1g. little difficult to Keep track of the situation from day to day, 'Yesterday morning, we opened our daily paper, to find that Wuchang' had become the capital of China, and was about tovbecome the hea quarters of a provisional Military Government. To-day, we learn that Wu Pei-fu has already left Hankovr for Chenchow, in Honan, and that his large scheme is in abeyance, at Toast for the present, Nearly' as much mystery is attached to Marshal Wo's departure from Hankow as before attended his arrival. The fi report was that he would remai in this. centre for a few days, until Chao Hong-ti, of Hunan, or a representative, came up from Changsha to confer with him. The next rumour was that he would leave for the north by to-night's train, Now, however, it appears fairly certain that ho lett by yesterday evening's train at 6 p.m, for Chenchow.
What really appears to have happened is something like the follo ing, Marshal Wu Pei-fa arrived a few days ago at Nanking, where was received by Marshal Chi Hi yuan, and royally entertained, He laid before Chi his grand plan for the formation of the provinces of the Yangtze Valley "and South China into a powerful combine to resist the northern forces of Chang, Tsolin and Feng Yuchsiang and to establish a temporary capital at Nanking. Marshal Chi nodded his head, approved the plan, but modest ly suggested that Wuchang, being -more central, was a more suitable place for a capital than Nanking.
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