Scrupalous order is being maintained in the country districts, but the city gates are still closed. The local press presages that General Han Fuchu. who commands the Kuominchun at Nanyuan, will lead his troops against the Chihli-Shantung armies about Tientsin, which would relieve popular tension here, ince local folk are unwilling to be-Tieve that Shansi is in undisputed possession of the capital.
The students are already becoming fall of enthusiasm, refusing to take their examinations, flaunting Red emblems and preparing demonstrations.
Hearing what had happened, Mr. Wang Ta-hsieh, Mr. Kiang Chao-tsung and others, from the Peace Preservation Commission, hurried to Tungyomiao to mediate, but their efforts were fruitless, The Diplomatic Body of Peking, fas it had been concerned in the negotiation with the Nationalist Government for the free withdrawal of the Fengtien brigade from Pe-King (as a matter of fact it was the Diplomatic Body that obtained the Nationalist guarantee for the free evacuation of the, brigade), could not overlook the' hardships experienced by the troops. They accordingly next morning and, as the
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