After the Chinese New Year, the schools remained closed, because while now the students were appeased, the teachers went on strike. They refused to open school until all their back pay from previous terms was made up, and a guarantee of at least two months made on this term's pay. Of course this was not done. Only three Government Middle schools were opened. Two have since had serious times with students' strikes. In one case the students refused to take examinations, and in protest against the principal, tore down a classroom.
Then quietly Liu Tsen-hou retired with his troops to Kuanhsien, Lin Vu-chin again became protector of the city. Then in a fow days the daily papers and proclamations announced the new "Pan Si Chu," with Liu Hsiang as the Ch'uh Chiang, and Liu Vu-chin as the Fu Chuh Chiang, and General Tan Meng-hsun as Commander of the li on, which now is really ions, and he is virtually an Army Commander.
Hstonc Ken-wye's Cancer, The strange thing is, with all the shutiling no word is said about a Military Governor, and it is safely actured that this is being kept for Hsiong Keh-wu. He is still the prime favourite and the people's idol, It is thought he is making sure that Liu Tsen-hou is well out of the way, and will then appear in the capital as the people's choice for Governor. He is still in Chungking where he is giving a good account of himself. Large bodies of Liu Hsiang's troops have already reached the Capital with little fighting en route. They will keep ithe city for Liu Hsiang. In the meantime, Liu Vu-chin is politic as guardian of the ci stands well in with the factions.
OF course, the great weakness is lack of funds. The salt tax has been pre-empted two years in advance in many cases. The Foreign Office staff went on strike a short time ago because they were eight months in arrears with salary. Only the head of the Foreign Bureau _is carrying on. He is bereft of his staff.
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