The strength f the anti-Anfu forees, the reason that they dare come into the open at this moment is that the country is through with the Rehabilitation Conference. The essential questions for that conference were the end of the sway of militarism and the return to civil government. Both the questions have been neatly side-stapped. While the Rehabilitation Conference is meeting in Peking representatives from all the southwestern provinces and one or two northern provinces meet in Shanghai to determine upon 'a course of action to bring about a. civilian government on the basis of provincial autonomy. This confer-fence is-private and more after the fashion of s party caucus, but its instructions to many delegates. in Peking have prevented Tuan Chi-Jjui's plans from succeeding. The popular opposition to Anfuism has encouraged its opponents to. try again,
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