Evening star., 1921-10-02
THE. STORY THE WEEK HAS, TOLD

report from Constaminopie announces' cap
ture of Eskishehr by the Turks. but this is
hardly credible.
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CH1NA.-A Pekng dispatch Of August
told of q battle on q ten-mile front then IN
progress in Hupeh province, Just ACROSS the
Yangtze from Yochau in Human province.
between forces Of the Canton republic and
forces Of the Peking government. 1t seemed
from dispatches Of early August that the re-
doubtable WI Pei-Fu, commanding for Peking
in Human province. had gone over to Canton
with his soldiery. He seriously considered such
move indeed. but has remained loyal to
Peking whether from conviction or won over
by appointment to the post OF inspector general
of the military districts Of Human and Hupeh.
one wonders
Gen. WI Pei-Fu has the reputation of one Of
the most honest patriots in China, and probably
deserves 1t. He seems to be sort Of Chinese
Lafayette well. with discreetly liberal
views To decide between Canton and Peking
must have been very diiicult: whether to at
tempt to save China by seeding to Canton ESQ
greatly strengthening the southern cause),
by remaining with Peking and. continuing the
effort to nberalize and purify the Peking
government, that was for him the question.
Having made his decision, WI Pei-Fu proceeded
to business. doubt the August 3 report of
battle on a ten-mile front. I fancy the fighting
has been of the familiar casual Chinese sort.
report of September 81 shows WI Pei-Fu
successful; the provinces of Hupeh and Human
pacified Human restored to the Peking govern
ment, the Szechuanese driven in headlong
flight toward Sichang.
The situation in the YangtZe region, of
which WI Pei-Fu is the outstanding figure. is
very obscure. The Canton republic has been
claiming to have the adhesion Of the provinces
Kwangtung, Kwangsi. Yunnan, Kuechau. See
chuan and Human. Joined in loose federation
Side by side with the movement which has re-
suited IN the southern federation has been
ceeding federative movement of certain CEN
trail provinces, but this movement seems to have
lacked competent leadership Now. whether
with the idea of attaching these provinces to
the Canton republic of clearing them of
northern troops and then leaving them TO take
their own decisions, I cannot say. But. az any
rate. several armies from the southern prov
inces invaded Iupeh province about the 1st
of August; with the result, if dispatches
correct. that they have been repulsed and that
Human province has been recovered for Peking
This development is very important Had the
dissatisfied central provinces been detached from
the northern republic, either to join the Canton
republic or join separate federation, the Wash
ington conference problem of devising an inter-.
national policy toward a China Of which the
recognized government should control only
minor part would be well-nigh nsoluble.
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MISCELLANEOUS may only briefly
mention here sundry matters of Importance.
such as:
The Burgeland affair. The latest develop
ment is the declaration by Hungarian chau-
vinists Of a republic of west Hungary. What
will the council of ambassadors do about that?
The excellent progress of American relief in
Russia. The apparent breakdown Of European
relief plans
The Polish ultimatum to Moscow. which
threatened rupture Of diplomatic relations with
Moscow unless by October 1 Moscow had full
filled or given guarantees Of fulf1llment of GER
tain clauses Of the Riga treaty. Moscow has
not compiled. How Polish foreign policy has
alienated the sympathy Of the world.
The league assembly doings rather say
ings. How Albania was weakly fubbed of with
the advice to await and obey the decisions of
the council Of ambassadors on her controversies
with Jugosavia and Greece. How the league
assembly refused to support Nansen's scheme
for helping Russia
The eugenics conference; it's gloomy prog
nostications of the future; the heterodox and
weird argument that the American man is the
superior OF the American woman.
OF how the Giants "cinched" one pennant,
and how the Yanks are likely to cinch another
and other things.