The Cantonese, of course, are more anti-foreign than any other
group in China. On the other hand, they have accepted for themselves what may be described as a kind of Soviet discipline. They have been freely fed with Russian money, and they carry on elaborate propaganda on Russian lines. As they are part of an organized movement they are orderly, and it is said that in the present campaign they have been behaving with almost exemplary restraint. If they should succeed in retaining their hold on the large districts which they have recently occupied they _ may or may not attempt to establish a Soviet system there. If they do, however, it will not follow that they will maintain it very long, for essentially there is little in common between Chinese and Russian methods of thought. There is no doubt that the influence of the Cantonese has extended even beyond the territory which they hold. It is reported that Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General, is en. couraging his troops in Inner Mongolia to co-operate with the Cantonese Government and its National Revolu- tionary Army. This is the direct result of his visit to Russia.
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