Evening star., 1929-11-17

that Yen HSi-Shan had accepted the
post rendered him by Marking of vice
commander-in- chief of all the forces
of the Marking government, and that
he had promised to take the field per-
sonally against Feng Yu-Hsiang. An
other dispatch of the same date told
of great Nationalist success at MihSien
in Northern Honan, a little southeast
Of Yenshi where, according to the dis
patches. the Kuominchun won "a
famous victory" few days previous.
But the dispatches of the following
day were of a~quite different complex
ion; the rebels reported to be having
the better of it along the Lunghai Rail-
way and to be. rapidly developing"
their thrust down the Han River; Yen
Hsi-Shan, moreover, reported to be
supplying them ammunition from his
great arsenal at Taiuan.
Dispatches of the 18th represented
Yen Hsi-Shan as holding the post of
vice commander-in-ch of the Ma
tionalist forces and at the same time
supplying the Kuominchun with food,
munitions and money. This seems a
little incongruous, even fantastic, ac-
cording to western notions, but is not
so for China-or, rather, would not"
be SO for China, for probably it isn't so.
The report, however, is plausible enough
to the effect that Yen has proposed a
conference at Peiping to include him.
self, Chang Kai-Shek, Feng Yu-Hsiang,
Chang Hsueh-Liang, supertuchun of
Manchuria, and Wang Ching-We the
radical leader now en- route home from
foreign parts: pending the result of
which there should ge general armi-
stice.
The dispatches of the 18th painted
the situation black for the NationaliStS,
the Kuominchun capturing Yuchow
and so threatening to cut the Peiping-
Hankow Railroad, Nationalist troops at
Siangyang, Linying and Sinye going
over to the enemy, and the push down
the Han River pr0spering.
The dispatches of the 14th tended
somewhat to falsify-those of the 18th
to confirm--those of the 18th. But it
Is all very, very vague.
It Is suitable object of wonder, what
will be the effect on the general Chi
nese situation of the arrival back in
China (now imminent) of Wang Ching
Wei, the Left Wing leader. who heads
the Reorganization Party" and would
fain be president of the Kuomintang.
Among the demands of the Reorganiza-
tion Party are the calling of a new
Congress by the Kuomintang, free from
autocratic interference, expulsion of cor
rupt officials and renewal of the cam
paign against imperialism" The party
smacks of Communism and anti-for-
eignism.
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THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL
SETTLEMENTS.-T committee ap-
pointed by the conference at The Hague
to draw up a plan of organization for
the proposed bank of international set
Elements ended its labors, at Baden
Baden, on November 13. 1t did not do
a complete Job, referring certain matters,
on which agreement could not be
reached to the full conference.
The charter and the statutes of the
proposed bank have been published. A
study of the latter shows that the pow
ers assigned to the bank are great. but
far short of the transcendent powers
which many had hoped, but probably
many more had feared, would be as
signed. But a dificult process Is au-
thorized whereby evolution to super
bank might be achieved, an evolution
which should realize the dreams Of