Mukden, Oct. 4.
A lengthy into was granted by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang to the Editor of the "Min Pao" to-day.
Pointing out that Marshal Chang's peace civeular issued on September 18 and the sending of hunan troops to Peking and Tientsin had created a new situa. the interviewer remarked that many rumours were afloat regarding the real intentions of the Mukden Government and suggested that the public would be glad to receive full information on the subje: t from the fountain-head, The Young Marshal replied that civil war had been raging in China for seven months and all the' provinees in the area had suffered terribly. Even the population of the provinces not directly affected by the fighting had suffered owing to clusion that to allow the war to continue and to spread over a larger, area would only result in en me crease of Bolshevism.
He therefore issued a - circular telegram on September 1, which was sent out wth the intention of stopping the war; but it had no re-sull.. "Therefore my second tele gram of September 18 was sent, followed by the despatch of my troops to Peking and Tientsin. My sole intention in making this move was the ending of the civil war and the salvation of my countrymen from suffering. The newly appoint ed officials at Peking and Tientsin have received orders to abolish all the extra war taxes, Please sslemnly assure the public thet th's 's my only aim and ambition."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.