The report of the instability of the Cabinet is again rampant, says the "Sinwanpao."" In recent years, the Cabinet has become a house for sojourners. The second cabinet formed by General Chin Yun-peng has, comparatively, already lasted longer than its predecessors, and consequently we should feel no surprise at its reported fall. But there must be reasons and causes underlying its impending fate. What are they? Surely, it could not be for lack of administrative funds, nor owing to the obstacles and difficulties encountered in the disbandment of troops, both of which are matters, although impossible of an immediate solution, that have confronted the Government long before to-day. Rather than lose heart to-day, Chin would have been far wiser if he had never elected to assume the task. Could Chin have been so simple as to be wholly unconscious of the stupendousness and_ the thanklessness of his lask until today?
Judging by results, the achievement, if any, by Chin's premiership is only what we may term "so-so." Therefore, the question whether his Cabinet is to be-kept going or not is one that is not worth bothering about at all. But what we must take an interest in is the rumour that either General Wang Shi-chen or Mr. Liang Shihyi would be called to succeed Chin. General Wang has formed a cabinet on more than one occasion. Although he has earned himself the reputation of being a kind and merciful man, he has also notoriously played, as a willing puppet, into the hands of other and stronger men. His weak character and executive incapacity, universally known, unfits him to succeed to a post in which he would be expected to avert the present dangerous situation. As regards Mr. Liang Shih-yi, he has ability
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