Peking, Oct. 10. One of the chief features of to-for his men. Thus this meeting of; day's celebrations of China's Na-newspapermen wired to Peking, to tional Day was the highly success-
After several. years of extreme; the President, to the Premier, to ful military review held at Hsi Yuan hardship, the farming community Inspector-General Tsao Kun, and; this morning, when. President Li has been blessed this year with a; to Wu Pei-fu. beseeching—that \Yuan-hung inspected some 6,000 fairly bounteous harvest. The Feng be not removed from Kaifeng. troops of the Ninth and Thirteenth wheat harvest was. at least seven-tenths of a good harvest Incidental to the fact of short Divisions. Perfect weather favoured
throughout the district, and when appropriations for Wu, this will no, the occasion, and the clear autumn that return is admitted there is doubt have its effect on the question sunshine lent an added_brilhance to the vivid colours of military and little to complain of. The latter Feng's successor, if he should be harvest has been, or is being, taken removed. There are several, sug-; diplomatic uniforms which filled the in, and all along the list of the gestions. For some months past!' pavilion at the saluting base. The there have been rumours that there; troops were at their best, and their various items the harvest is good.
For the small millet there seems to was pending the appointment of, smartness was warmly praised by Chang Fu-lai, who is ai direct Wu Several of the foreign military pave bean, mall weal hat has, Dette' man i tha" Tuchinete of offers who Were pret a head in the field looked white Honan. Then Gen. Chin Yun Ngoh The President arrived on the tis still in.the province with his scene in a motor car at nine o'clock instead of yellow, the head was headquarters at Hsinyangchow, and and was tendered a genera] salute. almost wholly chaff, the grain hav-when it is remembered that he was} Mounted on a white charger, he, ing been entirely eaten. But since' very instrumental in turning the; escorted' by his staff, passed along the beans, sweet potatoes, and fortunes of war in those anxious; the line of troops, which was over peanuts are all bumper crops no days when Chao San had thousands a mile in length, After completing complaining is heard. of soldiers to Feng's hundreds, this inspection, he returned to the There is. another blessing of a when Wu's future position in this saluting base, and the march past very definite and personal nature, district hung on his support, one; began. of which the people are becoming car readily see that his claims Headed by the ban/d, the infantry more conscious as the days go on. cannot be lightly disregarded. led the column, which moved from I refer to His Excellency the Milit-left to right in front of the Presid-To-morrow there will be a great ary Governor of the Province. ent's stand. They marched in military review on the Yen-wu-ting When Feng Vu-hsiang reached column of pai breaking into the in the south suburb of the city, Honan but five months ago, he "goosestep" as they gave the salute. when it is expected that Feng may certainly was an object of much make some announcement. He is Following the infantry came a ying curiosity and no little speculation of machine-gunners, and after them to leave the review for Paotingfu to the generally well-informed man. engineers, transport and ambulance to hold a conference with Wu and Since then curiosity has been units. The mounted troops, com-Tsao Kun. There ought to be waning in the light. of everyday something very definite coming out prising a regiment of field and experiences, and speculation has mountain artillery and a regiment of that meeting. given place to a settled conviction of cavalry, passed at the trot, the that the Governor is here primarily artillery moving in line of guns and for the good of the province.
Kaifeng, Oct. 11. maintaining remarkably good dress-This conviction has come to a General. Feng Yuchsiang left ing. This brought the morning's self-conscious and, at present, quite Kaifeng this. morning for Paoting, programmd to a close, the whole demonstrative state over the con-where an important conference on proceedings having occupied little tinued circulation of the rumour military affairs is being held over an hour. that the Governor will be soon re-Reuter.
A mandate issed last midnight moved to the province of Anhui, confers upon Gen. Wu Pei-fu the his own native province, to become Peking, Oct. 12.
First Class Ta She Pao Kuang the Tuchun there. The local papers Reuter's correspondent at Kai-Chia Order, and promotes to full are full of these persistent rumours, feng, writing under date of October general, Wu Pei-fu, Chi Hsieh-yuan and of others equally persistent and 9, says that it seems evident that and Wang Huai-ching. General decisive that instead of going to 'Gen. Feng Vu-hsiang has acquiesced Wang Chia-hsiang received the First Anhui Governor Feng' will become in Gen Wu _Pei-fu's suggestion of
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