The New York herald., 1922-07-16
By JESSE. WILLIS JEFFERIs.
MERIcANs have been more

MErISAtNo tidV6 peeH IhOr
"A keenly interested in the fat
Of DIR. Sun Yat-sen, depose,
President of the South China Repub
lie. than in any other distinguished
Chinese leader. with the exception O
Wu Ting Fang. whose death at tn,
age of eighty from nervous COLLAPSE
recalls his long and brilliant service
as Ambassador to Washington.
Educated In the United States
'f~where he learned the principles Of
democratic government, which he later
Incorporated in the first constitution
OF China, DR.. Sun has been engaged
with the able assistance Of Wu Tins
Fang, in continual conflict with the
lmperialistic factions which condemn
the republic as the nefarious creation
Of foreign DEVILS" and which seek to
restore the monarchy.
Latest Cables From DR.. Sun
Dated June n
During the civil war which is now
convulsing China's 400, 100000 people
the movements of DR.. Sun for some
time were enshrouded in mystery.
In, order to gain reliable informa-
tion regarding the present situation
in South China the author has Sc
cured possession of two cablegrams
which were dispatched to America by
| Sun Yat-sen on June IL. four days
| before the surrender of Canton and
| flight Of the Southern leader from his
capital.
For reasons which will be explained
later these cablegrams have never be.
fore been published. BY examining
their contents critically 1t is possible
to understand many of the problems
and queries which have arisen re-
Igarding. the. attitude Of DR.. Sun to-
ward !; the revolution. and to learn
What his. relations have been with the
military chieftaIns who are now
struggling for the mastery of China
and its reunif1cation under one central
government.
The first Is cablegraM sent by Dr.,
fSun to. Secretary Hughes. protesting
against Americas possible recognition
Of the new Pekin Government which
has been set up by the victorious
General. WI Pei-fu, who forced Hsu
Shih- chang from Office as Chief Elk
Eecutive and recommended the restoTa-
ton to the Presidency of Iii Yuan
hung.
At is recalled that In 1917, under
PRESSURE Of military Tuchuns, Ii dis
solved the Parliament of the republic
Ind that all of its Liberal members
HE'D for refuge to, Canton. Respond
bag to Wu's invitation. Ii replied that
he would head the new government
at Pekin under the condition that. the
South China Republic. Of which Dr.
-FNnr Yat-sen is the president, should
6esdissolved.
Mlnstead of replying directly to this
chANenge DR.. Sun has been endeav-
oftng to secure" the sympathy of the
Treaty powers which participated In
thessWashington conference and which
are pledged to nonirterference in the
it<Apral affairs of Chirfa and to. the
rnktttenAnce Of peace in; the Far East.
F6n6wirE Is DR.. Suns cabicgram to
Secretary Hughes: ~ s;,fsIs''.s%&;.
Dr.. Suns Csblegran1 to a's, ~ a....,.
|s.FI American Secretary of State
ITO the Honorable, the Secretary Of
s.ss. Statc:- ~. ~
SMs.sir: have the honor to transmit
toEyour excellency. in accordance with
Instructions from DR.. WI. Ting-fang,
the following statement issued by
President Sun Yat-seni bearing upon
the present political n situation in
China. 'a
"Hsu Shih-chang's retirement re-
moves the first of several obstacles to
the effective restoration Of. Parlia-
ment as an agency Of national unfit
cation. His illegal assumption Of the
office OF President In 1918 gravely
wfdened the political division created
by Ii Yuan-hung's unconstitutional
dissolution of Parliament in 1917.
His continuance In Office resulted
in the utter disorganization and COL
lapse Of the Government. as well as
the lowering OF the credit and pres
tige OF China, to an unprecedented de-
gree.
1T seems that the treaty powers
are not wholly free from responsible
ity for this deplorable situation. Not
withstanding protests and warnings,
they recognized and continued to rec
ognize Hsup Shih-chang as President
of China in circumstances which con-
.verted their recognition OF him into
what might be considered concerted
act Of Intervention in the internal af-
fairs of this country. Il
"asu Shih-chang was able, for in
stance, to draw surplus national reve-
nues.s which are collected under for
eign supervision and the release Of
which the great Powers claim to con-
troll. He was also In a position to
contract foreign loans. Without these
stirpluses and loans Hsu Shih-chang
might have succeeded in misruling
China four weeks but not we'll nigh
four years,
H"As Chief Executive OF the sole de
facto as we'll as the sole de jure gov
erning body in this country, which is
fully constituted at this moment, |
have the honor to remind the treaty
Powers of. their repeated pledge OF
noninterference In the present internal
struggles and request them to observe
the same In spirit as in letter.
AS in the case of every people in |
history who have had to change in |
order to develop, we are now engaged |
in readjusting the old life OF China to |
an environment greatly changed by |
Its political and economic aspects. II |
this readjustmenr is to be real IT must |
be effected by the Chinese without in
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