16 APRIL 1927, Page 2

The fact is that the remarkable successes of the Cantonese

have been due more to propaganda than to lighting and if the propaganda should wane what seemed to be the Cantonese military prowess might wane with it. This is why the dispute between Chang Tso-lin's Government and Moscow has become profoundly interest. ing and significant. Last week we recorded briefly the raid by Chang Tso-fin's police on the Russian Legation buildings in Peking. It is said that documents were discovered revealing a large and characteristic Cantonese plot for a mob-revolution in Peking. The names of four thousand Chinese, pledged to help in the plot, are reported to have been discovered.

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