Whatever may have been decided, there seems lottie doubt that the ne) step will be the demilitarization of Peiping and vicinity. There are at resent in this district the following Chinese forces: the 25th (Nanking) division, now in course of withdrawal {in accordance with a previous Japanese demand; a few units of the 2nd (Nanking) division; two divisions of Shang Chen's, mostly along the nearer stations of the Suiyuan lin Wan Fu-lin's division on the line between Peiping and Tientsin.
Clear proof of the complete help-essness of the Chinese authorities in these parts is provided by the startling fact that no telegrams deal-Ing with the situation up here, not even those favourable to the Chinese themselves or critical of the Japanese army, are allowed by the Chinese (Gid' censors to be sent to London, New York, Paris or Shanghai, Yet all the messages of the Japanese news agencies, no matter how denunciatory of the Chinese authorities, are given free passage.
A Sorely Missed Ofelal Even more important have been the changes in the personnel of the local government. In response to the continuous pressure of the Japanese mitary authorities, the Nanking -government has been obliged at last to remove General Vu. Hsueh-chu from the head of the Hopel provin-dal administration. It must be eaid that this officer has been very badly treated. Nobody attaches any credit to the vague and indeterminate a ensations made against him by the Jepanese Army people, and many people believe that the animus. that has always been shown by them against him is due to his early afl-Nations rather than' to @ny' real trouble-making activities on his part. He is a relative of Wu Pel-fu and was one of his leading generals; and later became a strong henchman of Chang Hsueh-liang. Both of these have always been to the Japanese Uke a red rag to a bull. The Kuantung Army has done a\ great dis-service to the good administration of the province by their insistence on the removal of General Vu. By the general admission of both Chinese and foreigners he stood head and shoulders above any other official in North China in honesty, energy, and attention to duty.
The Chief of the Public Safety Bureau and the mayor of Tientsin have both been dismissed. Mr. Wang Ko-min who has been appointed 10 the latter job, shows no great desi to take up the thorny post, so in the meantime General Shang Chen has been ordered to go down to Tientsin to take charge there temporarily.
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