When we write, the Chinese civil war is at a
standstill. Some observers think the anti-Communist acts and declarations of Chiang Kai-shek arc merely intended to deceive the Powers. That reading of events is not vcry convincing, as it pre-supposes that the dismissal of Chiang by the Communists and the killing of many Communists by Chiang, not to mention the suppression of many thousands of others who have not been killed, an all a play staged to impose upon the foreigner. It is altogether too elaborately subtle to be credible. It is really easier to believe that the split between the ex. Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese armies and the lied wing of the Cantonese is genuine. The position of Chiang at Nanking has become stronger rather than weaker in the past few days, and if the Communist Government at Hankow really sends an army to attack him it will have all its work cut out.
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