Word: yatsen
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Reported Married. Mme. Sun Yatsen, widow of the first President of China (Jan.-Feb., 1912). "Father of the Chinese Revolution," founder of the Cantonese Government (1917); to Eugene Chen, onetime (1926-27) Foreign Minister of the Canton Nationalist Government. His first wife was of Negro descent...
Hankow Purged? There was evidence last week that the so-called "Communist" regime at Hankow was purging itself of Russian influence and attempting to resume the program of the late Dr. Sun Yatsen, "Father of the Chinese Revolution." During the week a pronouncement was made, at Hankow, by Sun Fo (son of Dr. Sun) who declared that "three roads" now lie before China: 1) "The road to Communism" which, Sun Fo declared, has now been utterly abandoned by his party; 2) "The road to Fascism," now being followed, said Sun Fo, by his one-time ally the "traitor-militarist" Chiang...
Although this declaration seemed to promise more stability at Hankow, it was significant that Mrs. Sun Yatsen, widow of the great Doctor, quietly retired to a suburb of Hankow last week and announced that she would withdraw entirely from the political activity there "until better councils prevail...
With his sisters' marriage to Sun Yatsen, Nationalist leader, he immediately cast in his lot with the southerners., Rising immediately to the head of the Finance Department he completely revolutionized the old method of tax collecting. The old system with all its red tape and abuses was completely scraped and a new organization started in which each collector was responsible directly to the Finance Minister for the taxes he raised. An immediate increase in revenue was necessary in order to pay for the battles, sieges and salaries which were necessary for the new southern forces which were combating armless backed...
Foreign Affairs-Dr. C. C. Wu (son of onetime [1896] Chinese Minister to Washington, Wu Ting-fang, 1896-). Finance-Dr. Ku Yin-fang (onetime associate of the late Dr. Sun Yatsen, "Father of the Chinese Republic"). Chiang, his "Cabinet" set up, hurried Northward with two armies, resuming the original Nationalist object of advancing to conquer Peking...