Deep-voiced, hairy-chested Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, who is carving out a State for himself in northern China (TIME, Feb. 24), boldly decreed last week that his chief city shall again be called "Peking," meaning "Northern Capital."
In Nanking ("Southern Capital"), where the Nationalist Government which purports to rule all China is established (TIME, Oct. 29, 1928), slender, shrill President Chiang Kai-shek insisted that Peking's real name is the one he gave it two years ago, "Peiping," which means "Northern Peace."
In Yen's re-christened capital one Dr. Tchou Gao-hsing assumed the title of "Foreign...
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