Peking Oct. 6.
The Chihli party's leaders say that Marshal Tsao Kun is due to leave Paotingfu late on the night of October 9 and arrive in Peking very early on the morning of the 10th for his inauguration as President and assumption of office. The Constitution will also be promulgated on the 10th.
General Wu Pei-fu is the candidate to succeed Tsao Kun as Inspector General of Chihli, Honan and, Shantung. But Wang Cheng-ping will probably be named as Tuchun of Chihli, thereby exeluding Wu Pei-fu from Paotingfu while Hsiung Ping-chi will probably be Civil Governor of Chihli.
For the post of Premier the Chihli party's leaders want a strong military chief, preferably Wu Pei-fu or Chi Hsieh-yuan, but it is thaught that neither is likely to accept. General Feng Vu-hsiang, the Christian leader, wants Chang Shao-tseng back, but the opposition to him is unanimous. So General Feng is in a disgruntled state.
The Cabinet is sure to be solid Tientsin ie. extremist) men, Chang Chih-tan in a prominent: office, either the Ministry of Communications or Finance.
The Chihli leaders will not admit that opposition to Tsaq Kun's election was withdrawn, but attribute his success to a national feeling that the country should present a united front to foreign criticism, under a man holding actual military power. They point out that the opposition party yesterday (i.e. up to the time of the election) were still trying without success to buy votes here, offering $3,500 each, but that the members of Parliament, inspired by the thought of China's critical condition, resisted temptation.
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Peking, Oct. 6.
Amongst other Chihli leaders who left Peking to-day was General Hsiung Ping-chi who left for Tientsin. He has' played a very prominent part behind the scenes in_the election.
It is thought that as a result of the election the political and financial situation will be easier in Peking at least for thesiext: few days, but there is a good dea] of speculation as to what will happen elsewhere. Many Chinese are predicting that there will be a civil war within a week. They are anxiously watching to see
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