22 JUNE 1929, Page 3

China If we despaired last week of chronicling usefully events

in China, it was not because they were stable, even for a moment. But no man alive, in China or out of it, could see the permanent significance of events. Now, however, it seems safe to say that General Feng Yu-hsiang does not feel inclined to fight the armies in Nanking. He will perhaps wander through Siberia to Berlin, seeking a spot where he may study and contemplate. The blood- less victory will add enormously to the prestige of Nanking and Chiang Kai-shek. There will be no rival, for a time at any rate, • through the greater part of the old Empire. In Manchuria the son of Chang Tso-lin has made no fresh move, nor has Japan, whom we can trust to keep order there, if a firm hand from outside should be needed.