That Provoking Consulate, Tso-lin's Ministers of State were to and that governmental puli-every foreigner whu has put victory over Feng Vu jong and tell us precisely what is, or is not, ies, in the long run move in money into unprotected enter-ithe Nanking forces that are ad-0 readers will have gathered, the status of a Soviet consulate in the wake of credit and do not prises in China that it is only cing in Feng's support will from our Peking correspond-this country, All of there which compromise long with "ideal where peace and order take pre-save him from forced retirement. en's report of Fengtien sentiment are now functioning acquired their unless: hard work in their sup-cadence over" "sovereign rights"
For considerably more than a about the Red Consulate-General cence to function—their exequaport brings material achieve-that production and delivery of year, no secret has been made here, that Generalissimo Chang turs—from Peking; and we not only ment and credit. gods, good faith in contracts, in, Fengtien circles of the fact Tso-lin and his senior subordinates have no recollection of reading of he Chinese, if they are both and consistent good will from that Chang is a monumental are puzzled to know why we continue the withdrawal of these exequaturs to harbour an institution that has just and astute, will discover, the people can be relied upon. discredit to the conservative nor of the removal of Soviet Con-given us every possible evidence of Yhe American State Department, Messrs. Morgan & Ca. are show-northern military group. suls from Peking, Tientsin, Muk-its hostility in the past and which den and Harbin, which are under puts no: obstacles in the way of ing in their tentative decision to has yet to redeem his notorious has become, since the Aptil raid on the Generalissimo's immediate juris-the floating of the S.M.R. loan, assist the development of Man-personal misbehaviour by suc-the Embasty, one of the centres, if diction, If Peking feels so strong-that America, in lending money] churia under Japanese proteccessful soldiering. not the highest directorate, of the ly that this Consulate-General for the Japanese development tion that they appreciate these Shantung has been drained to Soviet war upon the peace of China Ought to be closed, as we agree a Chinese territory which' will facts and that they believe that the point of complete exhaus-and the foreigner in China, All of that it ought, Peking should take provide a rich and secure refuge there are enough American intion to keep up an army, with! lus who realize what a menace one the trouble to' notify the Settlement for millions of impoverished, de: vesters of a like mind to take! most elaborate equipment, big. of these Red centres of cons authorities that Comrade Koslovand criminal endeavour c erate Chinese from more auup bonds to the value of G.$40,- enough to suffice for all China. sky's exequatur ig withdrawn and tonomous areas, is not departing 000,000. All in all it is a whole-'This army though made up of! doubtless be glad to have such that the diplomatic passports of the clear statement from Peking of what from her traditional policy members of his staff will not be some omen, the sturdiest material in the it thinks of the Red Consulate's ex-recognized nor honoured after a disinterested friendship for If the Ivan is not consummate country, has never been properly istence here and to know that in certain date. Such a step would China and her people, but is] ed, by virtue of popular agita-paid or trained, lacks confi Chang To-lin we do not have a be much more sensible and decorous simply applying a new conception against it which forces the fence in its commanders and has warrior against the common enemy, than the attempted denunciation of tion of China's real needs which State Department back into its!
3 lofty contempt for discipline. who is afraid to jeopardize his chan-the Spanish treaty and could be ig slowly growing out of much shell, its failure will be very'
The efficiency and dependability] of playing that enemy against justified over and over again by the bitter experience and some little! largely traceable to the utterly of twenty divisions under Chang an emergency The remarks documents in the keeping of the Aisillusionment. The kind of! foolish and irresponsible rum-Chung-chang are about equiva. which our correspondent quotes from Metropolitan Police. Such a step American friendship that Chiourmongering in which the Tent to two conceivable divisions persons whom we know to be in a would not only wipe out the Red nese officialdom has been led by position to speak for Chang Tso: Japanese press indulged when' of men paid and trained as the Consulate's last claim to diplomatic and his Government, should more-experience to appreciate and ex-immunity to search, arrest or trial the loan was first suggested. It!
Weihaiwei Regiment once was. lover move the Settlement author 'a Chinese court, if any of the pect, is that which expresses was then said, by ud small pro-The result is that Chang has to a little introspection and then to aff overstayed their time, but Steelf in a passionate champion portion of the Japanese editorial debited against him several of would leave our authorities no exip for China's forfeited pundits, that the Tanaka Gov-the most disgraceful and ex-the problem of the Consulate's disuse for deferring action in the rights," which supports hopeernment proposed to push an pensive débdcles that the nor-position, 'Yet we cannot kelp feeling defence of the Settlement's peace, fully upon every form of tyranny' aggressive policy in Manchuria them armies have ever experi-that Peking's attitude in this matter We wait impatiently to hear more and maladministration that is] with a view to annexation, that] enced. He has twice retreated would seem better justified if Chang on this subject from Peking. clumsily cloaked in a shoddy' political head would be apfrom this area in complete disimitation of modern Occidental pointed as concurrent president, order, leaving behind him huge! attire, and which accepts paper of the S.M.R. Company and stocks of equipment, and has here cynically remark, is about] tary reports which they do not promises, codes, reform man-'Japanese Consul-General at Muk-now permitted himself the worst thing that could hap-enjoy on the Kuomintang side, Gates and statements of devotion den, and that Japanese policy in defeated in one encounter after pen to these force: so that northern news com-to liberal political ideals at par China would follow the lead of another by Feng Vu-hsiang, who ing to the most competent mili muniqués are never so deliberate in spite of the most damning]
this functionary in' Manchuria. has no more than 30,000 really tary men in the Fengtien headly inaccurate as those given out evidence of their falsity and in-The Japanese Government did efficient troops and whose finan-quarters. in, reking, Chang is by the southern propagandists, sincerity, The Inst, thing that not find it worth while to concial and material resources are utterly unqualified te command We do believe, however, that be-China wants from America tradict these loose assertions, 80] painfully limited. any force bigger than a com cause Chang Chung-chang is in such a display of interest in the!
much press correspondence that! month before Marshal pany and his assumption of personal command, the city will welfare of the Chinese people, was based upon them, and on Chang Tso-lin agreed to func-conti of any big body of be taken, If it is not taken against the welfare of their nothing else, went abroad and tion as Dictator in Peking, it troops a guarantee of the under present conditions, Feng articulate exploiters, as the brought forth the usual crop of seemed absolutely certain that conversion of that body from Vu-hsiang will never occupy Americans at large have shown denunciatory comment in Ameri.
Chang Chung-chang would' be; an army into a horde.
Shantung and the Nationalists in the people of Russia as con ca, where world wars were retired without a struggle on We gather that Peking, for will never cross the Yellow trasted' with the Bolshevist promptly envisaged. The oppon-his part, with the concurrence, the various reasons that River. dictatorship.
ents ut the loan, both in China moreover, of his entire army recited, is watching the 'The effect upon the "National 'When America begins to deand America, seem to feel that andthe' jubilant approval of!
Shantung Gi vernor's defence of] ists," if they occupy the railway Tunatrate that she understands the most devastating argument the Shantang people. Northern Hsuchow with mixed feelings. junction and come into direct the fundamental. facts of "this tat they can bring against] agents here spoke of his refuge They cannot possibly afford to ce-operation with Feng Yur ¢ituation and to speak of "Na-it is that an effort is being made in Dairen and treated his resi lose Shantung nor to have the hsiang will be worth watching. tionalism" with as much eynicto cajole America into a junior nation as a foregone con-Shantung armies defeated and' There is every reason to believe dam and contempt as she now partnership with Japan in the clusion. It seemed equally cer-demoralized beyond that Feng is still receiving Rus peaks of the Government of the imperialistic exploitation of a tain that Sun Chuan-fang would but they cannot let Chang) sian support and guidance, peasants and workers" in Rus.
Chinese territory so that when then fall heir to Chang's post, Chung-chang go on much longer' which is not supplied for no-tio, it will be a sad day for those Japan er any other Power sees command and resources, and ruining his province and squanthing. There has been much who prosper by fostering and fit to proceed further with the would be entrusted by Peking dering their resources on futile] evidence here lately to indicate "farming" chaos and a day of alienation of sections of China with the reorganization of the operations, An excuse to re-that the friends of Soviet Russia hope for China. We sincerely'
and to infringe in other ways Shantung armies on respect-tire him in the form of in the Kuomintang are again Yelieve that if this Morgan loan able lines. Chang Chung-chang decisive detent of the troops exerting considerable influence, upon her rights, the American agreement with the SMR. is people will be silent and com-was, however, the man wholunder his immediate com. the political objective being the consummated, in spite of all the!
placent witnesses because of suggested the dictatorship and|mand would probably be more] reduction of the. power of the opposition that is raised against their heavy investments. We are the centralization of the military' welcome in Peking than news Kuangsi military leaders, It is it by the Pink and pious ele-sure, however, that most Ameri-command, at a time when the that he had crippled his adver-probably once more assumed, as ments in the US.A., in spite of cans in this country have ar-more "liberal" clement in the saries and was again pushing it has been assumed in the past, stupid adverse advertising that!
ived at a state of mind where Fengtien group was negotiating] them back. The Reuter despatch that the party councils can be has emanated from Japan, and they will welcome such a situa-with Chiang Kai-shek and when from Peking which we published adequately guarded against spite of such "eye-wash" as tion, duly qualified and differ-there was much conspiracy and yesterday morning stated clearly Communist influence and control Dr. C, C. Wu has wired to the ently stated. 'They will welcome dissension in Chang Tso-lin's enough that if Chang did not} by Soviet agents, even while Secretary of State in his appeal the time when America has camp; and this stroke of policy,' hold Hsuchowfu his place would! material assistance and expert against the loan, it will be such sufficient protected interests in presumably put into Chang] be taken by Sun Chuan-fang advice is accepted from a sym= evidence of a saner understand-this country to appreciate what] Shung-chang's head by Pan Fu, and, ince this message passed pathetic and now chastened Goving of China's problems and can be done with and for China had such a sedative effect and the strict military censorship in ernment of the USSR. We their ultimate solution that wel where a maudlin sympathy with was therefore so highly appre-the Peking telegraph office, there venture to believe therefore that can look forward confidently to the disruptive forces gives way ciated by the conservative can be little doubt that not only if Hsuchowfu falls and Feng the gradual but sure develop-to a businesslike concern for the elders, who still command the Chang Chung-chang but every Vu-hsiang comes into closer ment in America of a character-peace, welfare, and productivity greatest confidence, that Chang's other Shantung commander is communication with Nanking, tically sane, hard, and unemoof.the Chinese people. removal was indefinitely post-already rare of the fact that the struggle between the Can: tional interest in' the pacific poned and he was given an opthis is the last chance for the tonese and the Kuangsi militia development of the material portunity to redeem himself by worst administrator that the ists will stand out in bolder re-well-being of the Chinese people crushing Feng Vu-hsiang in provi has ever hi which lief and that we shall also see and the equally characteristic
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