The situation in Tientsin seems to have been brought under control, not without considerable loss of life and immense damage to property. It is unlikely that the Japanese Government will be particularly impressed by its representatives' performances. A recent Japanese comment seemed to express surprise that the 38th Division commanded by General Chang Tzu-chung, the Mayor of Tientsin, had suddenly interfered with Japanese military operations. The surprise was natural for General Chang Tzu-chung was considered to be persona grata to Japanese officialdom, He still is and has been transferred to Peiping to inaugurate or restore there the new regime of compliance with Japanese commands. Evidently he was not successful in inoculating the whole of his Division with the policy on which his tenure of office seems to depend, In other words certain units. in that Division were inclined to remember that they were Chinese troops charged to defend the country against aggression. In this spirit the detachment at Tungchow refused to disarm itself at the request of Japanese officers and were bombed by Japanese aeroplanes into a state in which the possession or-lack of arms was immaterial but which put on record a permanent protest on behalf of China's sovereignty. So, too, other elements in the 38th Division, not appreciating the benefits of their leader's acceptance of Japanese favour, have shown a tendency to behave as if they would prefer Japanese room to iis company. They have underlined this at some inconvenience to themselves even at the cost of their lives, but (hey have also attracted attention to their mode of thought which bears a close resemblance to the sentiments of General Chiang Kai-shek's latest pronouncement, The situation in the North may be composing. The events Which have disturbed it have however produced results, not quite so palatable to Japanese taste as assessment of them on old lines would normally suggest. Japanese aggression. may find that it has sown the wind io reap eventually the crop proyerbially attributed to that operation, Tokyo surely may have some winged words to send to Tientsin on the delicate subject of miscalculation,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.