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Shortly after arriving at the Presidential Palace, the President-Elect entered the main reception room, where the chief officers of state were assembled. Marshal Tsao-Kun read to them a short inaugural address, bowed three times, retired...
...hours later he drove to the Chung Yi Yuan (House of Representatives). The new Constitution of China was read and formally promulgated by the Speaker. Marshal Tsao-Kun then took the oath of office and became fifth President of the Chinese Republic. A luncheon was served in the House and the new President* delivered a short inaugural address...
...anything else that occurs to them. This state of things obviously breathes defiance to the spirit of the new Constitution. The main obstacle to a unified China is the armies of the Tuchuns. They cannot be laid aside merely because the Constitution, says so or because President Tsao-Kun asks the Tuchuns to do so. A conflict of interest will inevitably arise, in which the Republic will become a Tuchun trying to rise over all the other Tuchuns. It seems likely that any attempt at unifying China by peaceable means is foredoomed to failure and that sooner or later...
While President Tsao-Kun was finding his Presidential feet in Peking, the disappointed Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, virtual Tuchun of Canton, issued threats from the South. Said...
...have issued an order for the organization of a punitive expedition against Tsao-Kun and for the rearrest and punishment of all members of Parliament who participated in the election. I have also telegraphed to Marshal Tuan Chi-Jui, Marshal Chang Tso-Lin and General Li Yung-Hsiang inviting them to join me in the suppression of the enemy. . . . His election was brought about in circumstances of illegality and corruption which make it an outrage on any nation of civilized habits, thought and action...