General Chao Chi to Be Given Tsingtao Post Tsingtao, Jan, 15.
General Chao Chi, Director-General of the Tsingtao Amin.istration under the former Peipix, regime, will most probably be -vpointed Governor of Tsingtao by the "Provisional Government" at Peiping, which has assumed Jurisdiction over this port, according, to reports current here to-day, Lend Ing support to these reports, a despatch has been received stating that General Chao is en route to Tsingtao by steamer.
Although he has two rivals for the ost—namely, Mr. Wen Shou-teh, another former Governor, and General Chu Hsuan-peng, commander of the Shantung provincial troops in. Mr. Wen's time—General Chao's choice is most likely "because the is persona grata_with. the Japanese and is popular socially: with other foreigners, Five Barred Flag to Be Holsted It is expected. that the tve-barred fag will be hoisted if and when ho assumes office. 'Tsingtao was the last place in all China to haul down this flag on the occasion of his departure from here on May 8, 1929." Before he left he gave instructions that the fag was to fly over' the Administration Building until his ship left port for General Chao was Governor and Mayor from July 1925, to May 1020, when he left as a political refugee from the advancing Nationalist troops. of General Chiang Kal-shek. He relumed to Tsingtao after Admiral Shen Hungelieh was appointed Mayor, and remained: here until last September, when he went to Tientsin, Railway guards and employees the Kaolsl Railway: marched to the police station last evening to report that they had been told to leave the railway, premises.as the South Manchuria Railway was taking over.—Reuter.
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