28 APRIL 1928, Page 2

Only a fortnight ago it seemed that Fen Yu-hsiang, the

Chinese Christian General, was desperately entangled and unable to carry out his project of marching on Peking. The latest news, however, indicates that it is the Southern, not the Northern, troops who have been succeeding. Both Feng Yu-hsiang and Chiang Kai-shek have moved northwards, and Feng has marched obliquely across the front of his reputed ally, Chiang, and occupied the capital of Shantung. Feng with his new army of Moslems may be the coming figure. - • * *