Rush for Jobs

In the gardens of the once Imperial City at Peking a Chinese band groaned and squeaked last week. Delighted by this music, a huge crowd gathered to watch the formalizing of a "government"' created some weeks ago when Marshal Yen Hsi-shan simply announced that he is "President."

At such times a troupe of performing politicians is needed. War Lord Yen had imported 15 from Nanking, capital of "Nationalist" President Chiang Kaishek. Headed by Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Left faction at Nanking, the 15 troupers announced (after the band had ceased to squeal and groan) that President Yen is today the true "Nationalist," that "Nationalist" President Chiang is no longer a "Nationalist" at all.

During the week more than 1,000 keen young Chinese lawyers and "students" arrived in Peking seeking jobs in the new government. Meanwhile, in the field. President Yen's armies followed up their recent series of victories, wrested almost the entire remainder of famed Shantung province from President Chiang.

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