Later.
This afternoon's Cabinet, meeting, under the presidency of Mr.
Shih-ying, was attended by all Minters except Dr. C. T, Wang, Mr.
'a Yao-jen and Admiral Tu' Hi Koei, It discussed Marshal Vu-hsiang's resignation and it éeided to accept it and appoint him Special Commissioner for industries in foreign count It also decided to mal following appointments: General] Chang Chi-chiang, Tupan of tho} Northwest Frontier and concurrently Tutung of Chahar; General Li Ming-chung, Tupan of Kansu; General Li Yit-fen, Tutung of Suiyuan; General Li Yun-lung, Tupan of Shensi; and General Ching Yueh-hsiao, Assistant} Director of Military Affairs in! Shensi.
Disappointment of Marshal Tuan Jan, 14.
Some persons who are in_ close touch with Marshal Tuan Chi-jai state that he is disappointed at the silence of nearly all who have received his circular telegram -suggesting his resignation. He ex-ceted definite replies and the lack of-them has left him doubtful of his future movements.
The "Ching Peo" states that the! majority of the Kuominchun are now in favour of retaining Marshal Tuan Chi-jui in power while the Tariff and Extraterritoriality. conferences are procecding:—Reuter's Pacific Service, 5 1 vocates of Clean Sweep The campaign for a new President in China resolves itself into a revival of old issues, which might bbe classified as follow'
1., The acceptance of the resi of 'Tate 'Kun from. the Presidency, Which moans that he Will be roleo from' imprisonment "and will "not be tried for Uribery, as has been de= inlanded: by his oppor
Woo Kun, "namely, the return reveiling "before the election 0 The" restoration." of conditions
office of Generali Yuan-hung,. who Still has 83. days. to "hie Gnexpived terms: the the Parliament and the' the "eu" Constitution ay enacted by that parliament.
'J. The recognition of the Contrat Government by the noxthe tories. including "Chang. 1 the tacit. acceptance of Government by the south.
As regards personalities, under tie circumstances as outlined, Chin. suggest that either ng_or Wang. Shih-tsen, the senior Peiyang military party leader, are the orly men who can accept the programme and the office unless the present regency or an" other is continued, The regency of Tuan Chi-jui is apparently impossible of continuance, for the fall of Marshal Feig Vu-hsiang leaves him without any military support unless at the last moment, the Kuominchun rallies to him. The whole purport of the present resignation is to determine whether any military feudatory will stand by Marshal Tuan. If not, it is a question b2- tween the regency under someone else and the return of Li Yuan-hung to serve out his 83 days or as long og those 83 days might be prolonged until a machinery can be effected to elect a President and 'a new Parliament, The Clean Sweep Party Meanwhile there is a very strong faction in the country which says that this sort of makeshift docs no good, that it has been the history of the 14 years of the Republic to patch up the wall but never to repair it soundly. They want a clean sweep, a reorganization and recon: struction on the basis of provincial my without any regard to nent which they seem to suggest is the cause of all the trouble, "they do not care anything about the "New" constitution which they claim was passed improperly, but want to make a clean start, by calling a conference of actual governors of provinees so that the men who are ruling might determine what the role shall be.
These men have been demanding that Mr. Tong Shao-yi shall assume the responsibility of Government and Yor some months they have been sending delegates to Shanghai in the hope that the veteran statesman would "come out," to use a Chinese li tical expression. There, however, is no evidence as yet of his attitude.
Whatever happens with the Prejency at this time in local political circles it is not believed that whoever takes the place can last long a Marshal Wa Pei-fu's intended movement toward Loyang would seem te indicate that he has intentions of expressing definite opinions as to the Presidency.
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