Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
America Takes New Interest
In Chinese War Developments

Reports that the Chinese National
list government at Marking will send
a special commissioner to Washington
to present the cause Of the Southern
government have aroused new Ameri-
can interests in the great Far Eastern
turmoil.
while it is too soon to give one
Chinese faction our diplomatic benz
son, 1t Is by no means premature to
treat with any Chinese spokesman,
who really represents his people, in
behalf of formally abandoning certain
one-sided privileges which are not only
unjust but also impossible to retain"
declares the Baltimore Sun, which
sees as evidence of the strength of
the Nationalist government Chang
kai-Shek's ability to maintain order"
after the removal of the barricades
around the foreign settlement in
Shanghai, China's greatest treaty port.
Though the war in China seems to
Western minds slow and long drawn
out. the New York World credits it
with being actually war of amazing
movement" and considers that the
fact that 1.-THE Moderate Nationalist
armies continue to pillow ahead, hav-
ing to fight no major battles, advanc-
ing because the people of successive
provinces welcome them, is the most
encouraging sign in the troubled mill
tary scene of China" Predicting that
the Cantonese or Southern forces will
be triumphant ultimately and that in
time "they will be the responsible
group with whom the powers will
have to negotiate" the Beloit Daily
News says that "since the unfortunate
affair in March, the more moderate
let hn n q
to build up foreign confidence in the
good faith Of it's leaders" AS the
Newark Evening News says Of the
Southern leaders, "if they can hold to
their present course and carry out
their promises, the West will have to
revise it's ideas of China and prepare
for great changes in the East"
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Rumors that an agreement between
Gen. Chang and Chang Tso-Lin, the
war lord Of Manchuria, had been
reached were promptly succeeded by
denials of the report, the latter being
described as not certain of Chiang's
sincerity in his opposition to the So
Wet. On this point the Dayton Daily
News remarks of the Nationalist pol
icy: at paused recently to divest
itself of the Communist incubus. That
job has been largely completed and
the process Of uniting China into a
free and independent nation has been
resumed"
"The days Of Soviet communism
appear to be numbered in China"
states the San Bernardino Sun, as,
Analysing the situation, it says: Nov
the difference between nationalism and
communism is being realized, and
even the war lords of the North are
recognizing the fact that national
sentiment is pervading all China and
cannot be combated successfully.
The necessity of the creation of a
unified China Is recognized by the
American press. AS the New York
Sun says: 1.-THE opinion so far ex
pressed by the great powers Is that
the only Chinese government which
can gain recognition Is one that will
be able to furnish proof that 1T repre-
sents a united China" This thought
Is also expressed by the New York
Times, which declares that mo gov
eminent friendly to China Is anxious
to take any step which would result
in the formal recognition OF two
Chinas-North and South" and the
Duluth Herald, emphasizing the truth
that "the American people sympathize
with China in her ambitions and ap-
| prove the words of President Coolidge
when he pleads for Chinese liberty"
| predicts that if some of the Chinese
| factions can attain control so that
there shall be one responsible voice
speaking for China, all the great pow
ers will yield to her wishes" and that
'if the existing extraterritorial con-
| troll in China continues, it will be only
because the Chinese cannot agree"
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Depicting both the Northern forces
and the Southern as being determined
to drive out communism from China,
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram thinks
that from this situation might arise
the true Chinese national government
of strength and scope sufficient to
insure the return of peace and secu-
! rity in that country. Such a result, !"
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