Another tangle is the mysterious movements of Feng Yu-hsiang, the
Christian General. He and his officers have sent a threatening letter to Chiang Kai-shek, accusing him of corruption and infidelity to all his pledges. If Chiang Kai7shek is forced to a trial of strength with Feng the outcome will be extremely doubtful. There is little doubt that .Feng's troops are the best trained and the most loyal in China, and their quality might compound for an insufficiency of numbers. Little . has been heard in this country of the Mohammedan revolt in Kansu, in the North West of China. A corres- pondent of the Times tells an appalling story of massacre and cruelty. The Mohammedans, who revolted against the heavy taxation, are led by the " Little General," a boy of only 18, who, in the unquestioning trust he inspires in his savage followers, seems to be a kind of infamous Joan of Arc. It is said that 200,000 people have been killed, that many survivors are living on leaves and roots, that there is a wave of cannibalism, and that outside the city walls dogs and wolves feed on dead _bodies. - * * * *
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