The Archive · 1922

The Rumoured Provincial Alliance

Emphatic Denial on Behalf of Gen. Wu Pei-fu The Staff Office of Gon. Wu Pei-fu's headquarters at Loyang telegraphs us as follows, under date of the ith instant It is stated in your valuable columns that military conferences. have keen. or are, going to be convoked by Gen. Wu Pei-fu in Loyang and Chengchow, and that Gen. Wu, with a view to creating a certain Inter-Provincial alliance, is contemplating the apnointmont of Gen. Chang Fu-lai og Commander-in-chief of the allied army of the provinces concerned.

Having teand these reports to be absolutely groundless, we beg to contend that Ge. Wu has never attempted the convocation of any Inter-Provincial meeting, nor has he the slightest intention of doing so. We should be much obliged.to you if you would kindly insert this telegram in your paper.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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