Relation of Fukien Situation to the Chekiang-Kiangsu Quarrel Everything appears quiet in Amoy at present, but conflicting reports are being circulated making it very difficult to gauge the Gen. Wang Yung-chuan, nominee for the post of Tuli (Tuchun), is reported to have sent agents to Shanghai to recruit men for his army. Some 700 have already been secured from Kompo, Shantung and Anhui and these will depart for the south as soon as a steamer is available.
The exact whereabouts of Gen. Chuang Tsz-ping, the southern commander, are unknown, but it is believed that he has fled. The Dah Tong Bureau, however, states that, upon the advice of his associates, he is still holding Amoy and Haitseng with his defeated troops. The local Admiralty Office has received a report that he has fled from Amoy and that Gen. Wang Yung-chuan has entered the city bringing with him heavy reinforcements from Chu-hangchow. The "Shanghai Journal of Commerce" states that Chuang 1 has already left Amoy for Shanghai on beard a. Japanese steamer, the Ping-An Maru, and that he was not defeated but left Amoy simply in accordance with an understanding with Gen. Wang. The exact date of his arrival here has not been disclosed but, it is stated, he will proceed at once to Hangchow to confer with the different leaders in that city.
More than 1,000 of Chuang's gefcated troops are reported to have arrived in Shanghai by the strs. Sunning and Ningpo, but these have been sent to their homes ky Gen. Ho Feng-ling, the local Military Governor. Special police are being detailed to see that they do not land here. while, the Dah Tong Bureau states that Gen. Wang is making use of the Overseas Club at Amoy as his headquarters. He has captured Hingchuanyung district as well as a number of other places.
Gen. Sun Chuan-fang is reported by the same Bureau to be refusing to return to his post as Tuli of Fukien because he has an understanding with Marshal Wu Pei-fu for an attack on Chekiang by way of Kuanghsin. (our provinces it is reported will join in the attempt. Kiangsi and Anhui will assume the offensive and Fukien—and Kiangsu will support them by sending supplies and reinforcements.
It seems useless to attempt to bridle the scare mongers.
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