Word: yat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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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...
...Yat-Sen was upheld by 74 members of the old Parliament, who were loud in condemnation of Marshal Tsao-Kun's bribery and corruption...
...President Li Yuan-Hung fled from Tientsin and arrived at Shanghai in Southern China. A new plot to reinstate him was reported. There are some 300 Parliamentarians in Shanghai, and it is hoped that witb their support, together with aid from Dr. Sun Yat Sen, General Li Ynan-Hung will find himself back in the Presidential palace in Peking...
...report, however, lacks authenticity. Sun Yat-Seri is known to be backing Chang Tso-Lin for the Presidency, and they are both unlikely to give support to Li. Moreover, the Anfu Party (which was overthrown in 1920), is politically impotent in face of the Tuchuns' power...
...Yat-Sen. He has his foot in both camps. On the one hand he is out for peace and on the other he takes care that his army is well behind him. But this is the only way to do things in contemporary China. He is certainly inclined to a moderate policy...