Word: senlis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...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...
...difficulty about finding another government. Dictatorship has followed republic, and monarchy dictatorship, anarchy filling the gaps between, until the nation is practically bankrupt. Dr. Wu Tingfang, the only truly great patriot China has had, is now dead; President Hsu Shih-chang has ruled and fallen, and Presidert Sun Yat-sen has proved unequal to the task of uniting the government under one central power...
About the position of the Canton Government there seems considerable, doubt. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen entered into agreement with Chang, although he gave the latter no assistance, and the arrival of Cantonese troops too late to ward off the disaster is regarded by some as a case of "double crossing". In any event, Wu is very popular in the south. Sen's agreement with Chang was fiercely opposed by many Canton leaders, and now that Wu has won there seems a strong possibility of a really united China...