CHINA: Chaos

Major themes in the Chinese symphony of anarchy and chaos throughout the week:

¶ The Nationalist (Cantonese) advance upon Shanghai (TIME, Jan. 24 et seq.) brought them a great victory early in the week when they captured and looted Hangchow, 113 miles from Shanghai, and put to flight the troops of War Lord Sun Chuan-fang, defender of Shanghai.

¶ A previously extraneous force entering the Chinese Civil War, last week was the advance southwestward from Shensi Province into Honan of the "Christian" War Lord Feng...

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