Chinese politico-military situations have never been easy for the political observer in other countries to understand and interpret for the benefit fof his readers. So many' obscure factors and processes of negotiation which are contrary to recognized procedure in the west exist that the Internationally-minded writer, who has to toss off intelligent comment on. the Danzig, Grand 'Chaco or the Mandate in 'Wongopongoland at a few minutes' notice, must have a diMeult. time. In addition, atlases are not very much assistance in amplifying or simplifying brief cable reports, The present Canton-Nanking situation has Proved no exception to historic pre-cadence. With places like Kwangsi and Kiangsi, Honan and Hunan, Kwangtung and Kwantung to mystify the commentator peculiar results might reasonably be expected. One distinguished London weekly review of over two centuries of existence must have astonished General Chiang, Kal-shek's general staff by commenting on the advance of the Kwangsi forces into Honan, which would Another had the Southern forces (feverishly mobilizing in Kiangsi instead of obviously Kwangsi, while another reference to the activities of the Kwantung army in South China must have surprised even the Japanese high military council whose activities are well known in, Man choukuo, the headquarters of the Kwantung army, but whose long trek southwards from Hsinking must have gone unreported,
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