Word: yatsen
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...South, Dr. Sun Yatsen, "perpetual rebel", was reported hostile to the warlords who controlled Peking...
...control is the whole north and centre of China, except Manchuria. He is the Lord Protector of Peking, which is in his province. Although a democrat, he aims at reunifying China by the sword, which policy has brought him into conflict with the Tuchun of Manchuria and Dr. Sun Yatsen, of the South. One of the anomalies of the situation in Peking is that President Tsao-Kun was once an enemy of Gen. Wu. At the time Tsao-Kun was made President of the Chinese Republic (TIME, Oct. 15), Gen. Wu made no opposition and it was alleged that...
...immense power which the Tuchuns wield is naturally the greatest obstacle to the reunification of China. China as such is internationally little more than a geographical expression. Nothing short of a civil war between the Centre under Gen. Wu, "biggest man in China," the South under Dr. Sun Yatsen, and the North under Marshal Chang can ever clear away the political strife which for years has thrown the country into annual turmoil...