Peking, Sept. 6.
Tsao Kun's daughter is formally engaged to Chang Tso-lin's son in Tientsin. This accounts for the hurried departure of the two Tuchuns from Peking and has had the same political significance as an alliance. The, parties to the engagement are both children.
is rumoured that as a result, of this unexpected alliance the President has sent representatives south exhorting the Yangtze Tuchuns under the leadership of Li Shun to oppose. Chang Tso-lin.
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