Evening star., 1927-04-28
SHANS| IS LEANING
To NAT|ONAL|STS
Chinese Conditions Described
in Letter From Or. Fair
field, Former D. c. Man.

Information on conditions in China
has lust been received here from Rev.
Wynn c. Fairfield, Oberlin College,
OF, dean of the Oberlin-Shansi Sschool
for Bows at Taiku. DIR. Fairfield is
native of Washington, where he was
graduated from Central High School.
He is a close friend of DIR. Hsaing Hsi
K'ung, Oberlin, '06, who has just been
appointed minister of industry in
China. The statement says:
"Shansi has been practically unaf-
fected by the war going on in the
Yangtze Valley and to the north of 1t.
Mail service and freight service have
both suffered because of military de-
mands upon the railroads, but other
wise our life has gone along quite
normally with no agitation in the
school or in the vicinity.
"Shansi has been, nominally at
least, lined up with the Chang Tso
Lin-Wu Pei Flu combination, but the
ability to read the signs of the times,
which has kept our governor in his
position for Is years and more, still
seems to be with him, and more and
more freedom is being given to the
Nationalist party in the province,
while we learn through the newspa-
pers that he has permitted the export
of a considerable quantity of food
stuffs from Shansi to Gen. Feng, in
the next province to the west.
May Go to NatiOnaIists.
''It seems probable that within a
month at most, unless the National
lists sustain unforeseen severe defeats
in the YangtZe Valley, the whole prov
ince will have gone over to the Ma
tionalists as a unit and without fight
ing, and probably in such a way that
the Northerners also will not attack
the province. In case that does hap
pen, the internal administration of
the province will probably be only
slightly changed at the moment, and
things will go more peacefully than
where it has been necessary for the
Nationalists to fight their way. Shansi
is protected on the west and south
by the Yellow River, formidable OBJ
stacle, and on the east by a high
mountain range, while the central
plain is also protected from the north
by a high range. Since it Is out or
the main path of armies trying to
reach Peking or defend it, it is much
more convenient to exact tribute than
to subdue it.
"Of course, it is impossible to fore
see what changes Nationalist control
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Chinese members of our faculty think
that it will not involve any large
changes in the near future, in view of
the adjustments already made. Our
application for registration has been
approved by the provincial educa-
tional bureau after inspection and eX-
animation, and they think that it will
receive the approval of the national
board of education in Peking. Our re-
1ationS with the community are
happy, while the Nationalist group of
students with the school are on good
relations with the faculty, most of
whom are in sympathy with them.
Transferred to Canton.
'Dr K'ung continues his service to
the Nationalist government. After
working in HankoW for some weeks
he has recently been transferred to
Canton, where he has been appointed
minister of industry and vice minister
of finance, in charge of the Canton
end of things. The minister of finance
is located in Hankow, but Canton is
still of very great Importance.
THE position as minister Of indus
try includes agriculture, labor and
business, so that it carrier with it
heavy responsibility In view of the
labor unrest that has accompanied the
northward progress of the Nationalist
party. Oberlin is to be congratulated
that one of her sons has been found
worthy to undertake so important and
so arduOuS q task "