Except that the reference in yesterday's telegrams to the Peking-Hankow Railway having been cut just north of Kuangshui remains obscure, the Honan Tuchun's sudden and belated revolt against General Wu Pei-fu appears to be over almost as soon as_ begun. Ruangshui is really in north Hupeh but there is a tunnel just north of it on the Peking-Hankow Railway which would of course be a very suitable place for a cut. As, however, it 18 two-thirds of the whole length of Honan from the _head-Guarters of Chao Ti, the Tuchur, and his brother Chao Chieh, it is open to question who has cut the line—a phrase, by the way, which kas very elastic meanings in Tuchun "warfare. Chungmowhsier, where Chao Chieh has now been defeated, lies midway along che branch line that joins Kaifengfu, the capital of Honan, with the Peking-Hankow Railway. As was fully explained last week by our Kaifeng correspondent, Chao Ti, though a partisan of Chang Tso-lin's, was forced to declare neutral lity, because with the formidable Wu Pei-fu_at hand, with Feng Yuhsiang of Shensi to the north and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.