CHINESE POLITICS
DEVELOPMENT OF PECULIAR SITUATION. Australian <md N.7<. Cable Association. (Received March IS, 12.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 16. The New York "Times'' Peking correspondent states that a. peculiar situation, in Chinese politics develop* ed when Premier Chin-yung-peng resigned and withdrew to Tientsin, and : then upon the request of the'President . resumed office. Four Ministers then ' declined to attend Cabinet hoping thereby to force the Premier to quit office. A deadlock followed, but the recalcitrant- members of Cabinet v.eio later persuaded to attend to their duties. The situation arose over the desire ' l of the anti-militarists to disband unnecessary troops. Tile Premier, who is leader of the militarists, opposed this.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10541, 18 March 1920, Page 5
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