Kiang, where he was met by Tsai Cheng-hsun, the Tuchun of Kiangsi. 'To Tsai, he again unfolded his plan, received his nod of approval and was encouraged to proceed to Hankow. Upon Wu's arrival at Hankow, Marshal Hsiao Yao-nan hurried' over the Yangtze to greet his superior. The great scheme once mere was unfolded, and once more the nod of approval was received. Many hours were spent in conference in Marshal Wu's temporary quarters, which were in a railway carriage at Liuchiamiao, on the Peking-Hankow Railway. The devote did not end until 2 o'clock the following morning, and it is said that Hsiao went so' far as to sot his signature to a document embodying fan outline for the establishment of the provisional government in Wuchang, but Hsiao took the opp tunity of suggesting to his chie' that perhaps the time was not quite ripe for an immediate promulgation of the new order. Chang and Feng were consolidating their forces in the north, and perhaps it might be well to make sure of the safety of Loyang before commencing—the game of polities in Wuchang. This argument appeared so convincing that Wu hurried off at once to meet Chang Fu-lai, the Tuchun of Honan, to make arrangements for the proper defence of that province against the attack from the north.
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