Word: yat
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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...
...stand in with General Wu in order to keep his job; for Dr. Sun has openly agreed to recognize as a candidate for the Presidency General Tsao- Kun. The Government party is, then, a tertuis quid, because the issue is between General Wu and his friends and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and his supporters...
...first squadron of the Chinese navy-one cruiser and four gunboats -declared its independence of the Peking Government and called upon the entire navy to join in revolt. A report that the mutineers allied themselves to the anti-Peking forces headed by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, lends credence to the belief that Dr. Sun, while, as he himself stated, not intending to set up a South Government in opposition to Peking, is in reality aiming at the premiership of the central Government. - The Peking Administration offered Dr. Sun the position of Director General of Disbandment of Troops. The offer...
...real hope of China, is a militarist, but his aim is to destroy militarism. This aim is shared by the President, Li Yuan-Hung, but obscure forces make it impossible for Wu and the President to join together against the other Tuchuns. In the South, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is ostensibly trying to lead a movement to effect the reunification of China. There is one other party that deserves attention and that is the Chang-Tso party, who want a return to the old monarchy. Their political machinations are like the wind, they are felt but not seen...
Despite the President's strong stand against the Tuchuns, or war lords, they continue to make preparations for a campaign against Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in the South...