The appointment of Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General, to succeed
Chiang as the Cantonese Commander- in-Chief has ended in a comedy. When a delegate of Feng arrived at Hankow from Shansi he was arrested. A Reuter telegram says that the Hankow Government has now decided -to abolish the office of Commander-in-Chiet and to entrust the direction of military affairs to a committee. The . shades of Napoleon and Clausewitz will haunt the scenes of any disaster which may be the result of making war by committee. The Times corms. pondent reports that there has been a remarkable increase in moderate propaganda at Shanghai. So if Chiang really staged a play of deception the players seem to be running away with the plot. In a statement to the Petit Parisien Chiang says that now that the Kuomintang is" freed from Soviet influence" Chinese Nationalism has a right te, expect sympathy and help from the Powers. He adds that he is ready to make amends "in a spirit of equality and good faith" for the regrettable incidents at Nanking which preceded his arrival there. Referring to his tentative negotiations with Chang Tso-lin he says that he will not reject Chang's co-operation provided that the three points of Sun Yat-sen's testament arc accepted, namely, national independence, civic rights and social freedom.
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