Sun Chuan-fang's present import-lance lies in his ability to prevent Wu Pei-fa from winning a victor Ino matter how successful the anti Kuominchun armies may be in the field. Sun Chuan-fang was once in the so-called Chihli party, but in these columns we have from his first appearance in our vicinity indicated that he was not of the Wa faction and that his whole Ihistory would make it quite imposist Wu Pei-fu to a return to his former power. For /Sun Chuan-fang was a lieutenant of Wang Chan-yuan when Wu Peitu Jdeprived the latter of his post of Tuchun of Hupeh and. sent the {former on his march and hardships fin south China. These things are forgotten by the public but not by a rman like Sun Chuan-fang,. who. at the time thought that the least. Wu Pei-fu might have done was to have iziven him the position which he! gave to Hsiao Yao-nan.
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