At Thursday night's meeting reports were made by different officials regarding the progress of the Parliament in Shanghai. All were unanimous in the opinion that everything was going along satisfactorily. Various problems were discussed, and those present decided that their programme of uniting to deal with the enemy (i.e., Tsao Kun and the Chibli clique) should be followed. They decided to pay no head ce what people were saying or be influenced by the criticisms and denunciations levelled at them.
Mr. Pan Ta-tao stated that his commission from the House of Representatives had held several meetings. There were 27 members of the original commission in Peking and of this number 22 went to Tientsin and were paid their expenses to Shanghai. Several, however, had not come, but there was no need for alarm, because this small number could
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