King. If the South-West Political Council were determined to press their demands for action against Japan they would find awkward testi-many in their own wise provision against anti-Japanese demonstrations in their own jurisdiction. Omeial Japanese statements have disclaimed any Intention to aggravate the cliff fences between the South and Nor King. Tokyo expresses a correct regard for the authority of the Central Government and it will be observed that fo a representative of this journal the Japanese. authorities in Shanghai have denied the suggestion that Japanese advisers are encouraging the Kwangsi Government in its hostility to Nanking. Tt is frankly admitted. that Japanese munitions have been supplied te that Government but Japan is not the sole source of, the Jarmament of the Southern forces. That contention is abundantly confirmed In the accounts of the mobilization fu Canton, It is obvious that other countries—in the way of leg-{timate trading as the custom of this today-tury world preseribes—are also concerned in ensuring military equipment to the belligerents on both sides of this unhappy dispute. Re-orts from Nanking lay emphasis on the speed with which the Government—although taken. unawares by the Kwangs! advance—has despatched troops to the rescue of South Hunan. It is suggested that the Government in a position to assert its authority with "effective rapidity should the determination of Kwangsi to force a civil war be unalterable,
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