In the days of 1922, when General Feng was Governor of Honan, and the preceding years when his obligations were not ax onerous as they are now, he would truckle in no way to opium, Opium was freely grown in Honan in many parts this last spring, but for this he was not responsible, though the officials of the Second Kuominchun, who then occupied the province were fully responsible, and those were Shensi powers. Now there is a great opium trade out of Shensi into Honan. Opium is openly sold in the streets of Kaifeng, as it has not been done any other time in the history of the proviney: at least this is the testimony of those who have come out of the province. The Marshal has been very little in the capital city, but the influence of those who are his present allies, and who call themselves members of the Kuomin-apparently paramount, 1 have heard Marshal Feng preach from the text, "To him who knoweth. to do good, and doth it not, to him it is si "Thad no doubt at the time that sermon was preached in the days of governorship, that he was perfectly sincere, in the sentiments that he expressed. And Tam very sure that he regrets with his whole heart the disjointed times through which he is passing, when would, if he could, have these abuses corrected.
Further the Marshal, while not pressing his Christianity, as in the jer days, is not loath' to confess his adherence.to the Christian cause, and his apprehension lest the influence of Christianity should wane. In this connection cne can only wonder why, when there are no finances to carry out primary education with government funds, the edict of the Kuomintang Government should pre-
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