Anfu Leader Said to be Changing Plans: Urged by Little Hsu not to Continue Fighting We understand from a_prominent Chinese gentleman who has just returned from Tientsin where he has been in very close touch with the political situation that Marshal Tuan Chi-jui, the Anfu leader, who has for the past two years been a resident in the Japanese Concession of Tientsin, has decided definitely not fo come to Shanghai. It will be remembered that efforts were being made to bring him to Shanghai or Hangchow to lead the anti-Chihli forces as Commander-in-Chief. Report had_ it that he was seriously considering whether he should come or not. Indeed, one report stated that he had already left Tientsin and was expected to arrive la port to-day.
Our informant states that the yeason why Marshal Tuan has decided not to come was because of the influence of his son, Chen-liang, and Gen. Hsu Shu-tseng (Little Hsu), who lead what is known as the Anfu peace party. The section of the Anfu party known as the war party which urges Marshal Tuan to come consists of Gen. Wu Kuang-shin (former High Military Inspecting Commissioner of the Upper Yangtze, who is a brother-in-law of Marshal Tuan), Mr. Tseng Vu-chen (former Anfu Minister of Finance), Gen. Lu Shao-chia (son of Gen, Lu Yung-hsiang, Director-General for the Reorganization of Military Affairs in Chekiang), and Mr. Vu Tseng (another, prominent Anfu refugee). Anyhow, states our informant, the peace party has proved itself more powerful, and, as a result of their advice, Marshal Tuan has come to understand that the war party simply wish to use his banner for their own selfish ends, and that, they wish to unite the provinces and oppose the Chihli party simply in order that they may be reinstated. They did not consider seriously, states our infor-
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