東亞日報
- Jin Yunpeng declares for an armistice and peace talks
- All leading figures of the Wu Peifu faction leave Beijing
The reviewed headings report Jin Yunpeng’s declaration concerning an armistice and peace talks and the departure from Beijing of leading Wu Peifu supporters. These are headline-level claims only; no agreement terms, individual departures or military outcome are reconstructed.
Partial reading: two China-related main headings only; their subheadings and article bodies are not transcribed.
Translation
Jin Yunpeng declares for an armistice and peace talks
Jin Yunpeng declares for an armistice and peace talks
All leading figures of the Wu Peifu faction leave Beijing
All leading figures of the Wu Peifu faction leave Beijing
Context
A capital without settled central authority
An August 1926 American diplomatic report described Beijing’s government as weak and recorded difficulties forming a cabinet acceptable to Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin. The departure of leading factional figures therefore mattered to the struggle over who could sustain a central government.
Military reverses changed political bargaining
A September 1 diplomatic report recorded serious defeats for Wu Peifu’s forces against southern armies. Against the Northern Expedition, battlefield losses could weaken a faction’s leverage far beyond the immediate front.
Stopping fighting and negotiating a settlement
An armistice concerns the suspension of military action; peace talks address the arrangement that might follow. Combining them in a declaration links an immediate reduction of violence to the harder question of reconciling rival centres of power.
Original
靳雲鵬氏가 停戰和議宣言
靳雲鵬氏가 停戰和議宣言
吳佩孚系要人 全部北京에서退去
吳佩孚系要人 全部北京에서退去