Sir Austen Chamberlain also confirmed the reports that Chang Tso-lin's
troops have pushed the Shansi troops back into their own prov:nce. Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General, is, however, successfully attacking the Northerners in Honan. The Tientsin correspondent of the Times says that Feng's record in Honan has shocked his friends and foes alike. Massacre and pillage have been widespread. The worst massacre was in August at Changtefu where nearly 1,000 non-combatants were killed in the streets. Possibly Feng is not responsible for the burning of missionary buildings, but it seems that there has been a general destruction of missionary property. It was not to be expected that Nationalists of the Sun Yat-sen tradition would allow themselves to be politically extinguished, and Sir Austen stated that a new independent Nationalist Government composed of Sun Yat-sen's faction is being organized in Canton. A fresh anti-British boycott has been declared there, but so far it has been half-hearted and may be checked.
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