a period of relaxation to which the Peking is enjoying at the moment
commanity feels that it is entitled after the uncertainties and strain of the past two weeks, The entry of Nationalism, in the persons of the first detachments of very tired and dirty Shansi troops, is presumed to have ended at least one phase of the greatest bloodless war that has ever raged around the Metzopolis, The biggest and best equipped military organization in China, which agistored a victory in every encounter that it had with its various enemies, is in full retreat towards Manchuria and the dispirited- Shansi army—or Chin Chun it is technically known—after having been decisively beaten in every conflict that should be described as a battle, has made a victorious entry into Peking despite even the presence of the much more powerful and determined Kuominchun. For the moment at least the stone of potential conflict is Tientsin rather than Peking, so it is time to pause and try to appraise the series of startling events of the past ten days or two weeks. Before doing s0, however, it might be well to give the reader an impression of the character of our Shansi "conquerors."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.