The political situation in Fukien has apparently begun to react in this district of China. One report has it that battalions at Woosung are under orders for Fukien, another that General Lu Yung-hsiang of Chekiang is moving his troops to the Kiangsi border to be in readiness for_evenis there. Chuchow fu is said to be his contemplat. ed base, and from there he could strike almost equally well at. Kiangsi or Fukien. Without going into the affairs of Fukien at length, the situation is probably best summarized by saying that while certain supporters of Dr. Sun Yat-sen are holding part of the province on behalf of the South, the adherents of Wu Pei-fu are advancing upon it in the interests of the North. This latter threat it is which brings General Lu into the field, and that is why here in Shanghai we begin to find ourselves no longer in the position of merely distant spectators. In the political turmoil].of these past three years General Lu has with perhaps one exception maintained the position of his province without recourse to armed demonstration, this notwithstand+ ing that his party has been invariably opposed to Wu Pei-fu, but on the present occasion it looks as if events might possibly force his hand.
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