The announcement of change in the Anhwei Provincial Government, made Yesterday, has been received with calm by the capital and presumably by the rest of the province, It has been anticipated for months, ever since Governor Liu Chen-hua was (aken Ill and retired to Nanking, and more specially since the Sian affair when it, became apparent that the bulk' of northeastern troops would be transferred to Anhwei.
The usual undercurrent of uneas!- ness concerning change in civil government gradually subsided. New troops. have arrived along the Huai River but none in the capital, so no trouble is looked for. This morning's editorial in the local paper (strictly arly managed) reviews favourably the outgoing governor's tenure of office and suggests that his men hand ver their affairs in good order: is not a tle one. Governor Liu Chen-hua his experienced right hand, Mr. Ma Ling-fu, who has been carrying on admirably these five months, will retire along with Mr. Wang " Yinchuan. "But the Commissioners of Finance, Education and Reconstruction will stay, making for stability.
Of the new executive, Governor Liu Shang-ching, not much is known locally in spite of a notable record in the northeastern provinces where he was born. It is still even rumoured his birthplace was Hotel. Tt is, however, recognized that "he has prestige adequate to the civil task and {o the special position being created north Anhwei to which the former Shensi troops are largely going. He will bring his own right band, Mr. Wang.
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