Political Chaos

Relative to any solution of the Chinese enigma (TIME, Sept. 17, Sept. 24), the political situation is unchanged. The Peking Parliament is a myth; the Cabinet only just functions; the Tuchuns (War Lords) quarrel among themselves as to which shall be the next President; all is utter confusion and the election of a new President in succession to Li Yuan-Hung seems as far off as ever.

The Chinese Government submitted to the Diplomatic Corps in Peking a plan for the policing by Chinese of the principal railways. It is expected that the Diplomatic Corps will accept the plan, providing that the Chinese Government will accept foreign officers as overseers.