Evening star., 1927-04-03
The Story the Week Has Told

view such conduct) refusing to bulge
One hears of an American mission
ary remaining at Marking with his
| family.
l. Gen Chang Kai-Shek has been at
Shanghai, probably exercising mod
crate influence, though he has distin-
guished himself chiefly in the role of
| humorist. He requested the foreign
authorities to remove the barbed wire
emplacements. etc, from the settle
ment boundaries. as at once offensive
| to Chinese susceptibilities and un-
necessary.
| The latest piece of news is of the
very highest Importance: namely, that
| the Nationalist extremists have COM
| pletely won out in their struggle with
| the Moderates, and have caused the de-
position of Chang kai-Shek from his
command.
A force of Marines, numbering 1850,
| is being assembled at San Diego for
dispatch to Shanghai. 1t will include,
| In chief, the 9Th Regiment the famous
| 9Th disbanded at the end of the World
War and now partially reconstructedl,
| only two battalions leach including
| three rifle companies and machine
| gun and howitZer company, but two
| aviation divisions (six planes to di-
vision and a battery of 75s will be
attached). We already have about
2,100 Marines at Shanghai and about
1850 blue jackets available for land
ing operations.
Another concentration of Marines
(about 1,500) at San Diego has been
ordered against eventualities.
Kang Yu Wei, who with a trifie of
exaggeration has been called the
Modern Confucius," is dead. 1t was
undoubtedly from this really great
scholar, who has made no inconsider.
able study of history. especially of the
constitutional history of Britain, that
the ill-starred young Emperor Kuang
Hsu drew the impulse which found
premature expressions in the 27 re-
forming edicts of July, 1898, promulga-
ton of which brought that old fury
the Dowager Empress TZo Hsi on his
back and caused his ruin.
Kang Yu Wei, though reformer,
was Monarchist and so continued
to his death. The people of his home
town (near Canton). deified him and
erected a temple to him while he was
still in the flesh, but no doubt dis
tance lent enchantment, for the dis
Greet old literatuss spent his latter
days in the international settlement
at Shanghai.
United States of America.--Upon
the lapsing of the Jacksonville agree
ment strike began April /, embrac-
ing the bituminous coal miners of the
central competitive field Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsyl-
vania) and a certain number lit is not
clear how many outside that field.
Perhaps as many as 200. 1000 bitumi-
nous coal miners are on a strike. n
cannot give the number remaining at
work under temporary local agree
ments continuing the Jacksonville
schedules, pending a general agree.
ment. / hope to be able to give more
accurate statistics next week)
The general reaction to the strike
is mild. The non-union fields have
been furnishing from so to 10 per
cent of the bituminous output, and 1t
is thought they can considerably ex-
ceed their present rate of production.
There Is a reserve of bituminous
coal above the ground in the neigh.
borhood Of 00,0O0,00O tons.
On March 25, the six airmen of the
Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedi-
tion hoped off in three planes from