There Are No Fi Nanking, Aug. 20.
Following his formal inauguration as Minister of War yesterday, General Lu Chung-ling (Feng Yuhsiang's lieutenant) upon his arrival at the istry, summoned meeting of the entire staff and addressed them in a typically lain speech, characteristic of the man from the Northwest, "One of the traditional undesirable practices in Chinese offd dom," said General Lu, "is to regard Government officials terms of personal relations. For this reason, efficiency of all Governmen administrative organs has been seriously affected. As for myself, there are some of you whom I know well, while others are strangers to me; however, I Fegard all of you not in terms of Personal acquaintance, but in our oficial relations. Let us, therefore, forget personalities and strive our utmost to serve the Government and the people."
It is stated that Mr, Chu Shao-Kuang Chief-of-Staff to. General Yen Hsi-shan, is intended for the post of Political Vice-Minister of War—Ta Chung,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.