After consulting General Wu Kuan-hsin, Marshal Chang Chung-chang invited Mr. Nan Kuei-hsing, Shansi representative, to General Wu's house and as a result of further conference Marshal Chang determined to surrender Tientsin to the Shansi faction and to leave the altairs in the hands of General Chang Chih-ying, Chief of the Police Bureau, Mr. Nan Kuei-having, and General Fu Tso-yi, who gained distinction in seige Chochow. He also decided to leave one Shantung regiment in the hands of General Fu Tso-yi in order to enable him to preserve peace and order in the city as against General Hsu Yuan-chuang.
All the affairs of the Tupan's Office and various other organs were handed over to Mr. Nan Kuei-hsing the same night, and Mr. Nan immediately entered "the Tupan's
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