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Last October, Tuchun Chi of Kiangsu evicted Tuchun Lu of Chekiang (TIME, Oct. 27) ; but the victory in the North of Super Tuchun Chang Tso-lin over Super Tuchun Wu Pei-fu (TIME, Nov. 10) reversed matters and Tuchun Lu, ousted from the Province of Chekiang, was given the Military Governorship of Kiangsu in place of Chi, ousted. This meant that Shanghai had fallen for the second time and was again in Lu's hands...
...disgruntled at being ousted, started a private war against Lu, seized Shanghai. Thus came about the third fall...
Last week, came the end of the war which Chi had started. Lu put Chi to flight, recaptured Shanghai, which was prompt to fall for the fourth time. Chi fled to Japan...
...reported that Generals Ho and Lu Tung-hsiang had escaped to Japan, but confirmation was lacking. The whereabouts of Tuchun Chi was not divulged. Victorious General Chang Yung-ming set about restoring order into chaos. The Shanghai-Nanking railway, seized for military purposes at the beginning of the campaign, was restored to the civil railway authorities...
...discipline of the Lu army, numbering about 30,000 men, was naturally not good. Some of the troops declined to surrender except on payment of $20 apiece; others looted buildings on the docks, stole materials valued at $1,000,000. The Foreign settlement, enclosed by barbed-wire entanglements, was reported to be safe; guards were rein- forced, nevertheless, as a precaution...