Loyang Chieftain's Bitter Comment on Those Who Embroil Him with Nanking In a telegram to the Peking Government, Marshal Wu Pei-fu vehemently denies several press reports which, he says, were evidently purposely published by trouble mongers with a view to causing ill-feoling between himself and the other governors. He declares that the reports of his advocating the replace ing of the present Tuli of Anhui by General Yen Chih-tang, and the despatch of a joint expedition by four provinces against Generals Chuang Chi-ping and Yang Hua-chao in Chekiang, are not based or facts. As affairs in Anhui have always been directed by Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan, how can Loyang interfere? Although he, Wu, earn-astly hopes to see the troops of Chuang and Yang in Chekiang d banded and sent home, as their prolonged stay in Chekiang cannot be of any earthly use to Marshal Lu Yung-hsiang, while they may well be used as a catspaw by the radical party, he has advocated no such extreme measures to be taken. He would be pleased if the gentry of Chikiang, Anhui and Fukien would adopt peaceful means for the sake of their provinces to have them paid and repatriated; or perhaps the fund should be furnished by the Central Government. The Press report. about the Nanking ruler refusing to approve of Loyang's advocacy to use force og: Chuang's men in Chekiang, is a ure lie, since Marshal Chi'is not a man. that would care to muke sny such frank avowal. Marshal Wa bitterly complains of the coazeless intriguing going on to cause misunderstanding between Loyang and Nanking.
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