Peking, Aug. 11
In Anfu circles in Tientsin it is now said that a war between Chekiang and Kiangsu is an impossibility in the immediate future. Neither Lu Yung-hsian; nor Chi Hsieh-yuan will thing c: taking the initiative without outside support and neither has any reason at this moment to hope for j outside support. All the forces of the Chihli party are cither engaged in western and southern campaigns or are needed to keep a check upon the restless inhabitants of Central China, therefore Chi Hsieh-yuan could hope for little help from his neighbours. Chekiang has still fewer prospects of outside help. In Fukien the pro-Tuan faction set Wang Yungchuan up. in. business and more or less relied upon him. No one can rely upon Wang at this moment. He is teo obviously engaged in making a nest for himself and in playing the various factions against each other. While he reports to the Chihli leaders that he is making great headway in a campaign against Chang Chih-pin, he also reports to the Anfu, leaders that he is not fighting Chang, but is ce-operating with him to eliminate the bandits and the "Min Chuo"—an_euphonious term in the South for enlisted bandits.
The Tuan Chi-jui adherents in Tientsin swear in a loud chorus that they have made no attempt at organization and have no definite plans but that they have been stirred to action, like all other Chinese, by the _outrageous conduct of the Tieatsin wing of the Chihli faction. Several prominent members of the old Anfu Government assured the writer with every mark of sincerity that they had not contributed huge sums to the subversion of Parliament, as reported, but that most of them are really very hard up. They say that they will not be moved to revive anything like their old organization until the disintegration of the Chihli faction has progressed to a point at which some sort of an organization will be required to save China. from complete collapse.
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