The New York herald., 1922-06-18
CANTONREGIMEENDS,
SUN YAT-SEN FLEES
South China Government
Coilapses Following the
Capture of Capital.
WILL JON PEKIN NOW
Gen. Chen Chiung-Min En-
t9$s City and Predicts
Union of China.
REFUSES APPEAL BY SUN
Negotiations With Mancku,
rian LAader for Peace Also
Progressing.
REFUSES APPEAL BY SUN

PERIS, June II (Associated Press)
dispatches from Canton describe
the collapse of the Southern Govern
ment As complete, following the fight
ing and occupation yesterday of the
city by the troops of Gen. Chen
tary forces were crushed and the for
mer Canton President is himself a
fugitive.
Gen. Chen, who formerly was civil
Governor of Kwantung Province. an
nounced to-day that the South China
Government has been terminated and
that henceforth Canton would unite
with the North in recognizing the
old Republican Parliament.
A Canton telegram to the Eastern
News Agency reported that the coup
d'etat that resulted in the fall OF the
Southern capital was carried out at
o'clock yesterday morning by Com
mander Yechui, acting under orders
of Gen. Chen.
The two greatest obstacles to the re-
union of China, namely Dr. Sun Yat-sen
and Gen. Chang Tso-ln, apparently are
now eliminated, and the prospect for
bringing the whole republic under one
government seems brighter to-day than
at any time since the establishment OF
the South China regime at Canton in
1918.
Gen. Chen Chiung-ming Is understood
to favor the plans of provisional Presi-
dent Lii Yuan .hung and Gen. WI Pei-fu
for assembling constitutional all-China
Parliament here. Chen. one of the most
powerful of the southern military men,
joined thirteen provincial Military Gov
ernors late last month in indorsing Gen.
Wu's call for the assembling OF the Par
lament. Only a few days ago Or. Sun
offered him the command of all the
southern armies for his support against
the Pekin Government. but the offer was
rejected.
suns Army I'm Danger.
AS the result of Chen's coup at Can
ton, DR.. Suns principal army Is In a
precarious position. These forces are
facing 10000 of Wus troops at Nam
chang In Kiangsi province. while the
hostile army of Gen. Chen occupies their
base at Canton.
Gen. Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian
leader. while not wholly eliminated, Is
in conciliatory mood as a result of his
recent defeat by Wus Chihli army on
the Chilli -Manchurian front. The OPP
posing commanders on that front are re-
ported to have boarded a British war
srip at Chinwangtao to arrange an
armistice.l
The situation in Manchuria has been
further complicated, apparently by the
proclamation through an assembly OF
self f-government for each of the three
Manchurian provinces. Dispatches said
the assembly had appointed Chang Tso-
lin commander-in-chief. II was repre-
eented as the purpose of the assembly
to give Manchurian provinces separate
administration. but to consider them
still q part Of China.
DIR. wellington Koo, Minister to Great
Britain and former Minister to the
United States. to-day was appointed by
President Ii Yuan-hung to head com
mission that will investigate China's fl
nancial condition with view to reorga-
pization.
LONDON, June IA Hong Kong dis
patch quotes Or. WI Ting-fang. former
Chinese Minister to the United States
and Foreign Minister of the Southern
Chinese Government at Canton. as deny
ing that he had been offered the Premi-
ership of the new Central Chinese Gov
ernment under President IL Yuan-hung.
Recent Pekin dispatches have an
nounced an offer of the Premiership to
Or. wu Ting-fang by President Ii, and
the appointment of DR.. w. w. Yen as
Acting Premier with the understanding
that he would be made Premier in the
event wu Ting-fang refused the post.