"No,"" came back the frank answer promptly. "I am not. I don't know whence the rumours came that I am making preparations to fight."
"But," the writer pursued, "You have been moving troops, have you not?'—'Not a single one has been moved to the borders. I have, as I have been doing for the past three years, transferred my troops locally, as, for instanced, from Kashing to Konzenchiao, and vice versa."
"Is Tuchun Chi moving his men?"—'"You have the same answer. Maybe, military detectives have been making investi-
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