Evening star., 1928-05-20
nv HENRY W. BUM.

BY HENRY w. BUM.
T%HE following is brief summary
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
ended May 10.
Great Britain.-Sir Edmund GoSSe
is dead at 70. For many years ne
had been easily first among living
English literary critics. and, lnoeeu. DIS
rank is a notable one In the world
roiI If eminent literary critics. He viii
be welcomed TO the Eiysian fielos py
the shades Of Horace, Boiieau, Lamp
and Sainte -Beuve.
The range Of his criticism was as
toundinR. and he seldom touched SUD-
iect without adorning II. He did more
than any other to bring literature 70
the knowledge and due estimation OF
the English-speaking peoples. He was
not without a certain creative GIT,
| Gift Of delicate portraiture OF winch
perhaps, the most charming example Is
| his aMadernoiselle Aisse" He was
reguectabIe. but / should not say I'M
portaut, poet. He was happily married
to q daughter OF Alma Tadenia, the
painter.
China.-The total japanese CASUAL
ties in the Tsinan affair were Al military
and is civilians killed, and lSe persons
wounded, oae-fifth Of them probably Ia
tally. A very rough estimate gives S,uoV
Chinese military and 200 Chinese CIVIL
| ians killed. The japanese commander Is
said to have used every precautlon ~
his bofnbardment of Tsinan, TO prevent
civilian casualties. According 10 an ap-
parently authentic report only certain
designated positions and areas were
bombarded and ample notice was gwen
Japanese airplanes dropped posters 70
| inform the population OF the safe areas
| The shrapnel-fire is reported TO nave
been OF extraordinary accuracy. ii
| was directed chiefly upon certain en-
placements under construction.
The DEVELOPMENTS of the week In the
/ civil war have been most remarkable
| Just when Yen Hgi Shan, governor oil
Ehansi, decided 10 throw in his lot
/ with the NationaiistS Is not clear. but
| he is now participating vigorously IN
| the drive against Peking Apparently
| he Is acting in close iiaison with FenG
Yu Hsiang. Apparently, these two hav-
| ing met In the vicinity OF Paoting, q
mixed force OF Shansi troops and
trOOp6 OF the huDulHlLlluu tEEtik :
army drove swiftly eastward and IL
now close to Tientsin; while another
| force OF similar composition drove
northwaTd along the line of the Han.
| kow- -Peking Railroad has captured
| paotinR. and Is nov close 10 Peking.
Apparently Chang Tso Lin Ii sttll In
Peklng. He Is or Is not according "a
this or that report may be corrccD
eyacuating his forces with what speed
he may via the Pcking- -Tientsin- -Muk'
den railway line 10 Manchuria. He II
reported 10 be making defensive prep
arations at famous Shan Hal Kuan Tor
the Liaotung Cult and the railroad
where the willow palisadc reaches thu
sea: the gateway of ManchuTia).
What the Marking army under tho
immediate command OF Chang ia
Ghek may now be doing is obscure
According 10 certain reports, part go
across the Yellow River In the vicinit!
of Tginan by shipping. then proceeded
north along the pukow~Tientsin Rail
way: while part we're sent south by tina
railway 10 Suchow. thence west by TIN
IaIngnaI Railroad 10 Kaifeng, Themes
! north by the Hankow- Peking Railroad
10 the vicinity Of Paoting, thcreupon
one should suppose, 10 join the force
] of Yen HEi Shan and Feng Yu Hslang
other reports declare that most, II no
: ali. of Chiang's army is at Taian, soutl
of Tsinan ION the Pukow-T -Tientsin Rail
way1, having been g.tE1..wa ihithe
after the Tsinan episode.
These details are important Al