Evening star., 1927-04-17
Careful Study Demanded.


tiUn TO hand concerning the Marking
meeting. One expects to hear within
a day or two of establishment of a
new government of moderates, prob
ably with Nanking for capital and
Wang Chin Wei, favorite disciple of
Sun Yat Sen, as chairman of the
executive committee; also of a reply
by the conferees to the powers notes
addressed TO Chang Kai-Shek. Posi-
bly, civil war viii develop from the
situation. Certain elements OF the
Nationalist armies, the Human troops
in particular are of Communist com
plexion. 1T is OF note that T. v.
Seong, the able finance minister of the
Hankow government has adhered to
Chang KaiShek At present writing.
Chang's star seems to be in the
ascendant. But you never can tell
what the morrow may bring In China,
The truth of which remark is vivid
~ illustrated by the extraordinary
change in the military situation with
In little more than a week. Last Sun.
day / mentioned a rumor that the
northward advance of the Nationalists
was being hotly contested. Correct.
Sun Chuan Feng, late lord of Shang-
hai suddenly came back" Hip and
thigh he smote the Nationalists adj
vancing along the Grand Canal and
along the line of the -Tientsin
Railroad and now the Nationalist sur
vivors are back south of the Yangtze.
From opposite Wuhu to the mouth OF
the Yangtze the Northerners hold the
north bank. They have even crossed
in considerable force near the river
mouth. And Chang Tso,Lin's Chilli
divisions are driving the Nation
lists back on Hankow. / cannot too
often repeat that you never can tell
what the morrow may bring in China
Evacuation of Americans from
central China TO Shanghai is prac.
tically complete. From Kwangtung
Province to Hongkong and Kowloon,
and from the northern interior to
Tientsin, Tsingtao, Chefoo and Wei
Hal Wei it is proceeding Justify.
Eugene Chen has replied for the
Hankow government to the powers
notes; whereof next week. The re-
plies Whit of Moscow.
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United States Of America. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New
York City has acquired the first and
greater of the two Titan portraits Of
Alphonzo d'Este. Marquis of Estes
and Duke of Ferrara Modena and
Reggie 1505-34. portrait recovered
from oblivion under romantic circum-
stances about a year ago. 1t is a
glorious specimen of the master. The
purchase price has not been disclosed
to the public, but it must have cost
Ia pretty penny. The subject of the
portrait was one of the most notable
men Of his time. a canny diplomatist,
perhaps the best artilleryman of his
age and the final husband of that
Lucrezia Borgia, whose reputation,
once of a blackness to make inferno
merely crepuscular In the comparison.
has of late been completely rehabili-
tated. SO that she is revealed to us
most estimable lady
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The Air.--It appears certain that
ere many weeks, at least two Ameri-
can planes--one commanded by Comdr.
Byrd, u s. NJ. the other by Lieut..
Comdr. Noel Davis, u. $. N.-will at
tempt to make nonstop flights l3,600
niles, from New York to Paris. The
Byrd enterprise is being financed by
the American Trans.Oceanic CO., OF
which Rodman Wanamaker is presi-
dent; the hackers Of the other enter
prise prefer to efface themselves.
Comdr. Byrd's plane Is named The
America, Comdr. Davis The Ameri-
can Legion. Cpnldr. Byrd,s pilot
win be Floyd Bennett, who accom-