The militarists control both Peking and Canton to-day, but the militarists la Peking and Canton have never come to an agreement among themselves as to a definite policy, for, if they had done so, either peace would have long ago been restored, or we would have had a real civil war in China—wo have witnessed no success in the peace negotiations, nor have we experienced a civil war. There has been a lot of peace talk, and there has been a lot of looting and murdering of innocent people by uniformed "bandits representing the various military chieftains on both sides, but rarely have these highwaymen of the North met the highwaymen of the South in battle.
The last thing that the militarists want is real war, for some one must be hurt.
They do not want peace, for they would all lose their jobs.
During the past two years there has been no engagement between the Northern and Southern forces. They have carefully avoided each other. As soon as it looked as if there would be a fight between the North and South peace _parleys were at once opened. It reminds one very loch of two men who are most vigorously cursing each other loudly in the hope that some one "ill
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