Word: kwang
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...long-winded, long distance support of the Central Government (Peking). Dr. Sun agreed, however, to back Tsao-Kun for the Presidency; this brought him into opposition with General Wu, who never liked him anyway. General Wu then wrote to his friend General Shen Hung-Yung, Tuchun of Kwang-Tung province, and suggested a little war on Dr. Sun. This is still going on. Throughout the squabbles of the Tuchuns the Peking Government has been powerless to interfere and to collect taxes...
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...