On the basis of these illustrations one can more clearly envisage the Cabinat situation. Wu Pei-fu and his people would keep it intact as it stands. Tsao Kun's following would make-it over and push in a group of their own people under Chang Shao-tseng's leadership, of they could do it without earn Wu Pei-fu's downright hostile The rumours of changes whi spread are ballans d'essai.
Kun is indifferent, to humour his brother and nis ambitious friends but sensitive to any word or ct of Wu Pei- which may he terproted as an omen of a breach between them and alway: cautious not to go too far whea treading upon "Wu Pei-fu's toes.
If changes are forced upon the Cabinet. through the machinations of the Tsao Jui clique, it is probable that Sun Tan-lin, now Minister of the Interior, will become chief secretary to the Cabinet so that he may remain in Peking as political aide to Kao En-hung, who is not credited with great political sagacity. While working to get Chang Shao-tseng into the Premicyship in spite of Wu Pei-fu's opposition, the Tsao Jui clique are also planning to force Lo Wen-kan out of the Ministry of Finance and put Kao Ling-wei in his place. This would be a step towards the complete restoration of a group friendly te both Chang Tso-lin and Tsao Kun, but heartily opposed to Pei This then is. the Cabinet situation from the Loyang angle.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.