The Shanghai correspondent of the Times reports that the Chekiang
troops who were advancing on Shanghai have been beaten back by Sun Chuang-fang, the Shanghai War Lord. This success for Sun evidently disposes of the immediate danger to Shanghai, and .it also slightly increases Sun's hopes of being able to beat back the Cantonese armies. Sun is really representing the cause of the whole North in his resistance to the Cantonese advance northwards. If he succeeds in stemming it the Cantonese, who evidently made long, careful and expensive preparations, will probably have to return to their own territory. If he fails, several, if not all, of the northern tuehuns will probably be drawn into the fight with the Cantonese, and whoever wins will be master in China. The Peking correspondent of the Times compares the qualities of North and South, and it is evident that there is not a great deal to choose between them. The Northerners are rapacious and tyrannical, but as their tyranny is directed with particular fierceness against insubordinate elements in the country, they do in a way prevent complete chaos. Moreover, they are not as a class bitterly hostile to foreigners.
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