4 JULY 1925, Page 10

In the north Chang Tso-lin, whom we take to be

really the most powerful man in China, has not made any move lately, but his troops at Tientsin have been arresting Bolshevists and Communists there. Feng Yu-hsiang, however, -whom we take to be a rival rather than a col- league of Chang, has issued a very bellicose message, avowing his intense nationalism. Meanwhile the general situation in Hong Kong, Shanghai and all the other ports seems to be neither worse nor better ; the strike con- tinues, as does the anti-foreign agitation. On the other hand, there have been no further outrages on the persons of foreigners and no civil violence. But the position undoubtedly remains menacing.

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