Whether this contention turns out to be well or ill-founded, at present it is highly popular.—Anti-Bolshevist crusades leave the students and their teachers cold. It not the affairs of Russia that! are in question, nor have the Chinese a particular hankering after Communism. What is happening, as witnessed by the "Sheng Ching Shih Pao" is a Chinese national movement of opinion. All that the leaders of the North seem to have to oppose to that opinion is physical force, the apotheosis of which would be the complete success of the Fengtien armies over the other fa tions in the field. What does not appear to have dawned on the warlords of the North is that a positive and growing idea of reform: cannot be effectively met by a pistol-shot. If they believe in anti-Bolshevism as something more' than useful label, and if they mean From Oux Own Conrespoxpent Mienchow, Sze, Sept. 29.
We are having very heavy rains lat present, and everything is at a fandstill for the time being.
General 'Tien Song-yao, who has his' headquarters at Fungchuan, about 45 miles from here, is trying to inaugurate a large athletic meet for the schools in his district, His efforts are not meeting with entire success; for the idea that the meet should be held in the Spring fell through because no one could be got to attend. The present one fixed for the middle of October, but T do not see any indications at present of it being taken up with enthusiasm. The conditions are rather difficult in some respects. For instance schools must pay the entire cost of the journey, and ex-Ipenses of the visit. Moreover, if schoo! is a long way away, travel-Jing, in these parts Where railways and motor-roads are still only pious hopes, is no light thing, All the same the General is well ad-Vised to seek means of linking up the educational units, He and General Sun, of Mienchow, seem to have things well in hand' at present, 'The news from the outside world, Chéngta and Wathsien, and Chung: king, does not find a very vigorous echo' in our midst. We are fortunate in being in an area where Yang Sen is not really popular, and though there may be talk about military leaders sinking thei differences in order to deal with the common enemy" yet. the problem lof how to work together is likely to prove too great.
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