Train Kept Waiting 10 Hours and Soldiers Nearly Frozen to Death Faow Our "Own ConnssronoeNt Tsingtao, Feb. 2.
Tupan Chang Chung-chang has} come and gone, but his _prosenco Will not easily be forgotten. The local soldiers, in particular, have cause to remember him for a long time, as he kept the street guards waiting all night long la! the bitter cold before he dashed! through the streets in his armed saeter-car, Meanwhile, the fortunate passengers on the 8 o'clock train waited for the Tupan to appear before it could proceed fon the way to Tsinan, He finally] boarded the train at 6 o'clock in the morning.
While the soldier guards, stationed at intervals of every 20) yards along the highways traversed by: the Tupan, were benumbed with cold and the passengers: chafed at the long delay, the! governor was feasting and drinking in a fashionable Japanese restaurant, What had been intended axa ty Tengthened into all-night affair. The dinner, in-Cidentally, was tendered by the Japanese Consul-General.
The near future should show the results of the important conferences recently held here, Tt was roneously reported that a representative of Wu Pei-fu had come for the conferences, General Chang Ching-hui, delegate of Chang Tso-lin, met and conferred with Tupan. Chang and the local commander, General Pi Shu-chen, and the viect_of conversation doubtless:
the proposed Chihli-Fengtien No particulars, however, fave Teaked out.
The situation in Shantung, now considerably improved sine the negotiations ending in peace between Chang Chung-chang and the Chibi leader, Gen. Chin Yun-ao, whose advance toward Tsinan menaced the security of the provincial capital as well as the hold of the Fengtien party, doubt-ess occupied a large part of ths}
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