Peking, June 23. i Shih Pao" says that the reason for the anxiety in Cabinet circles About the resignation of Chang Ting-ao, the chief secretary, who says he will not come back unless Premier Chang Shao-tseng is} recalled, is that he holds the Cabinet seal and all the files under lock and key and will not give them up. Several Tuchuns and lesser folk are making 'a fight for Chang Shao-tseng and until they have given up the struggle the chief secretary is likely to remain a recalcitrant and embarras the Cabinet.
A large parliamentary group, meeting outside the regular sessions, yesterday, passed a number of resolutions, says the "I Shih Pao." The first was in favour of an order for the prosecution of the police and military leaders responsible for the recent coup. The second a resolution that within two weeks Parlia-iment should call a t presidential-election-preparatory meeting. The third that four members be sent to Tientsin to bring back the deserters. The fourth that the constitutional drafting commission should meet at least five times a week and that the constitution should be completed by the 15th of the Sth moon. The fifth that the presidential election should be held on the morning of the 15th of the 8th moon and the constitution promulgated the same afternoon.
All the papers print telegrams from Wu Pei-fu, Hsiao Yao-nan, Chang Fu-lai, Tsai Cheng-hsun and others endorsing the immediate election of a new president. Several papers cast doubts upon the genuineness Of these messages and hint that they have been concocted in Paotingfu.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.