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Feng realised that he could not ultimately be successful in any further struggle with the Manchurian commander, who has now established himself more firmly than ever in Manchuria, holds the Central Government at Peking in defiance and has assumed complete control of his own section of the railway.

The failure of the Russian scheme to eliminate Chang Tso Lin and establish a Soviet domination in Peking has of course profoundly affected the whole position of the Reds in North China. A definite reaction seems to have set in against Soviet policy, which is regarded with suspicion by all except the extremist members of the Kuo Min Tang and the students who have been contaminated in educational institutions which have come under Soviet influence. Possibly Russia's recent action on the C.E.R. may have opened the eyes of some who had given credence to Russian protestations of purely altruistic motives in the Far East. A stabilising factor at the present time is undoubtedly the presence in Peking of the delegates who are studying the questions of customs tariffs and extra-territoriality. They are tangible evidence of good will towards China on the part of the Powers and provide a useful anti-toxin to the Anglophobe bacillus. That they are negotiating with a Government which hasno authority outside the walls

The delegates of Peking it is prudent to forget.

will probably arrive at important conclusions, but to the foreigner who resides in China and is acquainted with actual conditions the whole procedure seems farcical. Incidentally I might mention that the

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