Although there is no very definite news from China it
would be a mistake to think that the crisis there was over.. The' Hong-Kong strike continues and even extends, and the anti-foreign feeling is still as strong as ever . in all the Treaty ports. General Chang-Tso-Lin, the _Yuan of the north, who was preparing to dispute the hegemony of China with the Christian General Feng, has retired from Peking to his base at Mukden, evidently not liking the foreign complications which have arisen. Feng, on the other hand, has come out as a hot and strong Nationalist. He supports the student movement in all its aspects and has made an inflammatory speech urging a break with Britain. He is evidently in close touch with the Bolshevists. Mr. Chamberlain spoke very gravely in the House on Monday in answer to questions regarding our relations with Russia over the Chinese troubles.
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