Word: cantonal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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General Shen Hung-Ying, recently appointed military Governor of Kwang-Tung province by the Peking Government, attacked the Canton troops supporting Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. The attack was provoked by an entangling series of alliances between the Tuchuns (war lords), and it is stated on reliable authority that the present conflict was principally due to the efforts of General Wu Pei-Fu who is the most powerful supporter of the Peking administration and the bitter enemy...
...attack to be made on Dr. Sun. The delegates on both sides showed some surprise, for it was considered that a peaceable solution could be found to the problems of the two factions. Says Dr. Sun: "The other party lacks sincerity in its peace talk. Shen Hung-Ying attacked Canton upon receiving secret orders from the Northern Government. Fortunately, we defeated him and he is being pursued by our army. Falsely they talk peace to slacken our preparations, but in fact they dream of military conquest...
...dancing, train was taken for the other end of Lake Erie, for Detroit. On April 20 the Club arrived in Cleveland, where, before the concert, the men were entertained at the Annual Banquet of the Harvard Club of that city. A short ride south brought the organization to Canton, where the fifth concert was given in Cleveland, to which the Club had returned. There in the Masonic Hall and accompanied by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra a special rehearsal of "Chant de guerre" was held...
Friday, March 20 at Auditorium, Canton, Ohio...
...week ago the China sky was full of ugly black clouds: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen was reported to be on his way to Canton by way of Hong Kong. Would the British let him pass? It was doubtful...