Tientsin, April 19.
Premier Chin Yun-peng arrived here last evening at 7.30 o'clock.
His visit appears to have been due to the fact that, while Chang Tso-lin urges the maintenance of the status quo, Tsao Kun is of opinion that, in order to put the present situation on a better footing, the Cabinet should be reconstructed, as it is almost impossible for Chang and Tsao, with their present powers, to cope with the state of affairs in China.
Brawts wire Tsao Kun's Troops.
This morning, at 10 o'clock, over 160 of Tsao Kun's guards attacked eight police posts here and drove out the police, wounding several of them. As a consequence, the police of five sections in the south have gone on strike. The reason of the assault is reported to be that yesterday, when a number of the guards tried to ride in the trams without paying, the police ejected them.—Eastern News Agency.
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