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After all, the German Kaiser instructed his Christian troops to

behave in China like Attila, and he and people like hint could hardly be astonished if a fumbling and halting Chinese Christian felt himself entitled to behave in the same way or worse. Peng, since he was master of Peking in 1926, has had a long rest. He is said to have taught his troops the methods of colonists in Mongolia and no doubt he also used the opportunity for perfecting their drill. Since his return he has been hovering on the flank of Chang Tso-lin, but he has not yet fought a battle with the North. Wu Pei-fu, it may be assumed, will be on the NOthern side, but it is impos- sible to get any trustworthy information about the condition of his troops or the degree of their loyalty to their enigmatical leader.

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