13 OCTOBER 1928, Page 3

The Shanghai correspondent of the Tinzes says that a sensation

was caused in Nanking when it was announced that Chang Ilsueh-liang, son of the late Chang Tso-lin and now ruler of Manchuria, had become a member of the State Council. This appointment has been made in the face of Japnnese objections, but no doubt the Kuomintang thought that to give the Manchurian ruler a place in the Government was the best way of achieving national unity. Other members of the State Council are Feng Yu-hsiang (the Christian General), Yen Hsi-shan (the model Tuchun of Shansi) and Sun Fo, the son of Sun Yat-sen. The President of the whole Government is Chiang Kai-shek. The Shanghai correspondent says that scholarship is, well represented in the subordinate Councils.