naturally beer followed by vhirligig' among local officials, General Chang Chung-chang, Ki First of all Mfr. Shen Ming-kai, has given up his control of the Chinese Telegraph Adion, on the flight of leader, Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan, and the employees of the local office have therefore returned to work Jatter being on strike for about a week. They returned at the order of the Ministry of Communications and, we understand, Mr. T. K. Lowe, Peking's appointee, has agai taken over the post. Meanwhile, a number of official changes are ¢x-ceted locally in view of the fact hat Shanghai is now under the control of Gen. Chang Chung-chang, the Fengtien leader, who appears to be acting independently of Mar shal Lu Yung-hsiang and of the Anfu Government in Peking.
Mr. Wen Shit of Fe teen, Commissioner Sun Ghuan-fang, has been asked by mn. Sun and G in office, but whether he will or not ix not yet known. In ease he refuses, Gen. Chang will appoint one of his own men, Mr. Soo Ting-ehatuc, to the post. Mr. Soo la w Cantonene, who made a huge fortune in Harbin and lost it during the Bolshevik troubles a few years ago. He has been here for some days already and speaks Russian and Chinese only. It is considered unlikely also that' Mr. S. K. Chen, Peking's appointed, wilt be permitted by Gen, Chang to remain in office, The Commissioner of Police, Col. Wang Kuo-pang, and the District Magistrate, Mr. Fan Hua-chuan, ap= Pointees of Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan, have not been attending office for few days and it is thought that they will be replaced, as also Mr, Sun Tz-huan, Commissioner Customs, Yang Pang-fan who were put into these posts by Gen, San Chuan-fang.
Gen. Kung Pang-doh, former Ocpation Commissioner, has been instructed by the Military and Civil Governors of Kiangsu (Marshal Lu Yung-hsiang and Mr. Han Kuo-chun) to ce-operate with Gen, Ho Feng-lin (former Defence Commissioner) in maintaining peace fand order in Shanghai and in re-Jeruiting the defeated Chi Hsieh [yuan troops, Gen. Li Tsen i, the [i Fukienese commander of the 5th Brigade, hasbeen _apted by Gen Sun Chuan-tang commander of the Shanghai Whether they will be all free hand to-carry out these orders is amatiier matter,
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