rs. According to _The Times_, he has pronounced in favour of
the reassembling of the old all-China Parliament, with a view to the
restoration of constitutional government. This is a measure in which the
South could concur, and if he really adheres to this intention he has it
in his power to put an end to Chinese anarchy. _The Times_ Peking
correspondent, telegraphing on May 30, reports that "Wu-Pei-Fu declares
that if the old Parliament will reassemble and work in national
interests he will support it up to the limit, and fight any
obstructionists."

On May 18, the same correspondent telegraphed that "Wu-Pei-Fu is lending
his support to the unification movements, and has found common ground
for action with Chen Chiung Ming," who is Sun's colleague at Canton and
is engaged in civil war with Sun, who is imperialistic and wants to
conquer all China for his government, said to be alone constitutional.
The programme agreed upon between Wu and Chen Chiung Ming is given in
the same telegram as follows:

Local self-government shall be established and magistrates shall
be elected by the people; District police shall be created under
District Boards subject to Central Provincial Boards; Civil
governors shall be responsible to the Central Government, not to
the Tuchuns; a national army shall be created, controlled and
paid by the Central Government; Provincial police and
_gendarmerie_, not the Tuchuns or the army, shall be responsible
for peace and order in the provinces; the whole nation shall
agree to recall the old Parliament and the restoration of the
Provisional Constitution of the first year of the Republic; Taxes
shall be collected by the Central Government, and only a
stipulated sum shall be granted to each province for expenses,
the balance to be forwarded to the Central Government as under
the Ching dynasty; Afforestation shall be undertaken, industries
established, highways built, and other measures taken to keep the
people on the land.

This is an admirable programme, but it is impossible to know how much of
it will ever be carried out.

Meanwhile, Sun Yat Sen is still at war with Wu-Pei-Fu. It has been
stated in the British Press that there was an alliance between Sun and
Chang, but it seems there was little more than a common hostility to Wu.
Sun's friends maintain that he is a genuine Constitutionalist, and that
Wu is not to be trus