The Peking Government seems to be confident of improving its
position as a result of the war in China. Wu Pei-fu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chihli forces, is moving a large army against Chang, the Manchurian War-lord. Chang, however, is still threatening Shan- haikwan, the city at the seaward end of the Great Wall, and his airmen have been dropping bombs on the foreign quarter. The Peking correspondent of the Times thinks that Wu Pei-fu means business, and there is certainly much less apprehension of a struggle involving the capital. Meanwhile, Lu Yung-hsiang, who is defending Shanghai, has shortened his front to thirty miles. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times repeats that neither the lives nor the property of foreigners at Shanghai are in danger. The leaders of both sides in the war are extremely anxious to refrain from any acts which could give a pretext for foreign interference. We can only hope that China will pass through suffering to some kind of unity at last. - *
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