There are other factors in the Honan situation that make it more complex, Hsiong Keh-wu, the Szechuan irreconcilable, entertains aspirations in Hupeh province. He has a large body of troops in Hunan, and it is said here that he himself is at Kaifeng, or wherever Hu Ching-vi happens to be at the present moment. trying to persuade Hu to jab Hsiao Yao-nan from the north, while Hsiong enters the province from the south. He planned "a combined attack before the Honan trouble started, but Hu All this "war news" seems to be significant of another bout before very long. Although this view popular in Chinese circles, and is being eagerly debated, especially by women whose eyes are now fixed on Peitaiho, the writer hazards the opinion that the present portents do not presage any immed danger. As long as China continues ise itself as an armed camp, long as its rulers are allowed to play their game of checks and balances with hordes of more or less disciplined armed coolies, 0 long of course will warfare be a. Jconstant. menace. But there are several reasons which would incline one to scout the danger signal the present wars and rumours of First, neither Feng Yo-hsiang nor Chang "Tso-lin is really anxious to:
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