China There is evidently a possibility of a new civil
war in China. The Times correspondents in Shanghai and Hong- kong agree that the Reorganization Party is making a definite attempt to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist Government at Nanking. The Reorganization Party belongs politically to the Left, but oddly enough— if this can be said to be odd in China—several of its supporters were only a few months ago on the Right. They were at all events more to the Right than Chiang Kai-shek who represents the Centre. The principal General of the Reorganization Party is Chang Fat-kwai who is marching towards Canton in a cloud of obscurity. Sometimes he is reported in one place, sometimes in another, but Chiang Kai-shek, who boasts that the rebellion will be suppressed in a month, is at present trying to cut him off in Northern Hunan. Chang has responded to Chiang's boast by declaring that he will be in Canton within a fortnight.
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