Show SEIZING A CHINESE PROVINCE One of the most disquieting things that has been reported from China for some time Is that we had yesterday morning in the announcement that the Governor of Kwangsl has called In the aid of French troops In the suppression of the Insurrection In that province The Chinese students at Shanghai seethe see-the malign significance of this and have made a public protest against It Tho meaning of the move Is that Franco IB moving to annex that province prov-ince probably with the traitorous connivance con-nivance of Its Governor Wang Chili When this insurrection was first announced an-nounced we expressed the opinion that It might be a French move and tIt t-It was probably prompted by Russia to direct attention from her movements In Manchuria France and Russia being close qllles That province Immediately adjoins the French Tonquln regions and would be a mostwelcome addition to the possessions oX France In that part of the world and tho movement will undoubtedly Include the Island of Haitian which has lODE been coveted by France The province of Kwangal contains S0100 square miles with a population of 6151327 It would be an enormously desirable addition to the French colony as It has a salubrious climate which for the most part the French POSHCH slons In the East lack and it Is rich In agriculture and mineral wealth Its chief river is the stream which forms the Canton river 20 that tho possession of that province gives virtual command of an important portion of the great Quangtung province with its twenty million souls Tho inland of Hainan has an area of 1COOO squaro miles with a Chinese population of a million besides be-sides tho wild tribes ot the Interior This French move will bn of Immensely Im-mensely moro importanco to Groat Britain Bri-tain than anything that RUBBUI can do to Manchuria It shows that tho partition parti-tion ot the Chtneso Empire is actually In prqGress and that there oxlsts between be-tween Russia and Franco an understanding under-standing which on its development will work up tho other powers to a condition con-dition of fovorlah Indignation But it will take a good deal to stir up a war between the great powers each and ull of which recognize the tremendous loss of life and of wealth that would be Involved In-volved in such a struggle |