Amid the great mass of advice poured forth at a time like the present, one piece stands out as comparatively sane and practicable in sharp contradistinction to the inone matter usually emanating from the groups of men who des-cribo themselves as associations. It, is from the Cantonese Guild here, and seems to offer a way out of the impasse now existing at Can. ton. The suggestion it puts for-/ ward is that Mr. Tang Shao-yi should emerge from his retirement and assume the leadership. This would eliminate Dr. Sun Yat-sen without detriment to the practical] governance of General Chen Chiung-ming. The question of the) latter's position is dealt with by Mr. Rodney Gilbert to-day so ably and convincingly that no dispassionate onlooker can well dis-agres with his conclusions. But it; is very doubtful whether those conclusions may not prove too ideal for China to-day. If General Chen and Dr. Sun have to fight it cut to a finish, Canton will be impoverished in men and money and will in no condition to play her part in the country's history during the next few critical months. We need a strong Canton to hold the balance against Peking. While Mr Tang Shao-yi has always beer lovat to Dr. Sun_ Yat-sen he suffers from no obsession in regard to him, and it is believed as well that he has always maintained friendly terms; with General Chen Chiung-ming. He is probably the one man who could find a way out of the present crisis, and it mav be hoped that: sufficient reasonableness still remains to let him try.
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