Chang Tso-lin Prophesying War Peking, April 1.
At a reception to the foreign community of Mukden on March 28, General Chang Tso-lin gave a jong explanation of his reunification policy, adding that General Wu Pei-fu was the only outstanding obstacle; that General Wu must be suppressed and, furthermore, that he must be made to disgorge the revenues he had seize ed. General Chang concluded by stating that fighting might be expected on the Yangtze within a month.
This last ambiguous statement may refer to the possibility of a conflict with the South, as it is unlikely that hostilities between uenerals Chang and Wu would occur on the Yangtze, but it is pointed out that in that case the statement conflicts with the assertion that "General Wu is the only obstacle te reunification, which conveys the impression that an agreement with the South is in sight.
General Chang Tso-lin, however, 3s notorious for the ambiguous phrasing which often discounts the value of his utterances which are otherwise of the greatest import—ance.—Reuter,
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