Chinese political circles are_not taking very seriously Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang's declaration that he to retire to private life. He made similar declarations at other imes and they have only resulted in the strengthening of his position or in-a movement which completely upset existing conditions, At the present time, Feng Yuchsiang is faced, according to Chinese inform ants, with thtce serious problems:
1." The formation of a cabinet which thus far has not been suecessful. The cabinet over which Hsu Shih-ying was to have presided has not yet been formed, although Marshal. Feng Vu-hsiang's financial representative, Mr. Chen Chin-tao, has actually entered on various duties in Peking. Members of other groups than the Kuominchun, however, have altogether declined to serve or have been reticent jour taking up their posts. This has been taken as a sort of vote|!
lack of confidence the future;|of the Kuominchun and in Feng Vu-hsiang' ability to control the nation.
2 The death of "Little" Hsu has been directly attributed to Feng Yuchsiang (we merely quote certain Chinese) and there has been so much and such direct criticism of him in this connexion, that he is said to take the matter more seriously than was anticipated. Furthermore, Tuan Chi-jui is) not taking the assassination without protest, as is evidenced by his solicitude over the burial of his former satellite, which means much in China.
3. The anti-Kuominchun foreer in the Yangtze Valley are app: ently coalescing with Chang Tso-li on some programme, the nature of which is probably not more clear to them than it is to the rest of the country. The fact, however, that even Admiral Tu' Hsih-kuei hes not accepted a cabinet portfolio is taken to indicate that various Yangtze elements including Sun Chuan-fang are engaged in forming an anti-Kuominchun al-
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