eral Yang Tze-wei of Luchow made Following closely on all this, Gena sally to the north and caught Gen. Tan's First Division asleep at different points about Tongchuan, and made a series of determined assavlis with his mobile shock troops. He succeeded in practically wiping out Gen. Tan's command. After "mopping up" all the surrounding villages, he returned to Chungking to join forces with Gen. Liv Hsiang. After all this happened, the braves from Chengtu took the warpath. Gens. Ten Chi-heo and Lai Hsin-hue, with strong com-nang, wok the big—ad after la fuing" Zll the poor coolies they could lay their hands on and impressing them into military transport service. Even the "Chen Fung-Si Ling," Brigadier-General Lan, wag given a command and sent out on the big road to assist in the war.
The city has been placed under military discipline or martial law The gates are all closed early and a close watch is kept for spies. The guard at the Arsenal has. been doubled. Ammunition and \kun-making has been speeded up, and all the indications point to a lively civil war. The citizens are not much perturbed yet, as they feel their doughty generals can overcome the Chungking combination, and then the fighting promises to be away from home; that gives the merchants a comfortable feeling. Yet it is very well known that Yang Tze-wei is no mean enemy. Luchow has already been occupied by the Chengtu troops.
The latest communique has it that the Chengtu generals are one day out of Chungking, and speculation is rife as to what will happen, Chungking, on account of its elevation, is a difficult city to invest and comparatively easy to defend. Yang Tze-wei is not the kind of man either to run away or capitulate, so a lively encounter is expected. It is quite within the realms of probability that the sagacious Yang has made his plans to draw the allied generals as close as possible and will then use some of his lightning tactics to harass and perhaps turn the column. In that case there would probably be a triumphal march on the capital and the tables would be turned.. The situation is at least full of possibilities. It will not take many days to tell what the issue is going to be. In the meantime, we shal] "wait and see."" 5
"Ornerwise Very Quier."
The capital otherwise is very quiet these days. Most of the foreigners have gone to the hills for the holiday period. Early in the month there were two or three nasty cases of foreigners striking servants. The time has gone by in the west for doing this with impunity. In each case the students took the part of the labour organization supporting the servants and some exceedingly acrimonious discussions were indulged in. Long and twisted reports were printed in the papers. Formal demands Were made on the foreigners concerned publicly to apologize and print their apologies in the papers in both Chinese and English, and also substantial monetary.
siderations were demanded.
were taken up one by one by middle men and carefully disposed of with as little loss of face as possible, but not without a good deal of heartburning. It is safe to say that the greater part of the so-called "'anti-foreign'" feeling here is caused by just such silly breaks in technique. Why foreign. ers, and especially missionaries, should indulge in this dangerous and questionable recreation is past finding out. Such exhibitions of temper, for such they are surely in most cases, do no credit to the foreign community and only do incalculable harm.
Provocation, No JustiricaTion, We would not say there is not extreme provocation in many instances, but that does not alter the question. We are guests in another country, not our own, and we do well to re member that for the most part we are not wanted here. We are here only under sufferance. This should make us extremely careful how we act. A series of indiscreet happenings caused by persons who have insufficient self-control can easily undo all, the good that is Being accomplished and neutralize the best and most praiseworthy efforts. Recent actions in Chungking in connexion with the river steamers have had the same effect, and were responsible for a good deal of '"anti-foreign feeling." One case we heard of is illustre tion enough.
One worthy commander, to enforce his word of command, threw a bucket full of water over a Chinese boatman, from a great height. He also threw the bucket, which would have killed the Chinese had it hit him. Such actions are contemptible, whether perpetrated by the missionary or lay community. Persons guilty of such actions should be sent out of China. They surely have no place here. Imagine such happenings in our own country—in America or England. Any Chinese doing such a thing would be all but lynched. Truly the Chinese are a patient and long-suffering race, but they will not always be so, and are even now fast developing a class consciousness that means a new day in China. It surely is up to all foreigners resident here at least to live up to the spirit of the Golden: Rule.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.