Uneasiness at Paotingfu: An Exodus to Tientsin Peking, Apr. 1.
Considerable uneasiness among the public is reported from Paoting-fu, whence many of the gentry are transferring their families and valuables to Tientsin, General Chang Tso-lin is continuing his military preparations. His forces now occupy many important points along the Peking-Mukden railway beyond Shanhaikuan, and it is reported that he has ordered the Guards Brigade to Nanyuan under the command of this son, General Chang Hsueh-ling.
General Chang Tso-lin, therefore, is gradually placing himself in a strong military position and consequently in a favourable position for negotiations with General Wu Pei-fu, who understands military considerations better than those of purely political nature.—Reuter.
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