The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-20
CHINA FATE
AWAITS END
OF CIVIL WAR
Solution of Internal Problems
lnclu ding Unification OF
North and South Depends
on Outcome of Activities.
WI SUPPORTS SCHEME
fRv Assoclated Pressl

PEKING. May 20.-Solution of
China's internal problems including
unification of the North and South,
await the outcome of the military ac-
tivities north of Tientsin where the
armies of Chang Tso-Lin and Gen WI
Fei-Fu face each other
General WI, who defeated Chang in
their recent campaign near Peking has
declared he will not fight again if
Chang peaceably withtdraws his forces
north of the Great Wall, as the most
important question to be considered
now is the establishment of a consti-
tutlonal government.
"a Tientsin dispatch last night re-
ported that Chang's troop had eyacuat-
ed Lanchow, and that Chang himself
and 19 trainloads of soldiers had al
ready gone outside the great wall
The retreat was attributed either 10
General Wu's outflanking movement
or to trouble in Manchuria).
May Send Expedition.
General WI is convinced that Chang
| contemplates establishing an indie
pendent empire in Manchuria, but be-
| ieves the republic is capable of over
| throwing such a government II is
said that If necessary, an expedition
| will be sent into Manchuria to reunite
! the province with China proper
Wu has announced that he is sup
porting unification scheme which
he believes will win the approval of
the southern government headed By
Sun Vat Sen, the seat of which is at
Canton
Importance is attached to the pro-
| vision for re-assem bling the old par
lament, as the majority of the mem
bers now reside in Canton, and it is
believed by inviting them to recon
! struct the country WI has removed
any grounds for opposition on the
part of Sun Vat Sen.
President May Resign
1t is understood that if the parlia-
ment is conyoked, President Hau Shi-
Chang will resign. He took office
after the dissolution of parliament.
and for that reason Dr. Sun has con-
tended that his election was Illegal.
WI Pei-Fu is not committed to main
ltain Hau in office and has said he
I favors removal of all obstacles to the
peace of the country. The Chinese
press quotes Dr. Sun as declaring his
willingness to abolish the Canton gov
ernment if the president withdraws
Ii Yuan-Hung, who retired from the
presidency during the attempt to re-
store the monarchy in 1917, is being
urged to accept the office again should
a vacancy occur.
A cabinet has not yet been formed
to succeed that of former Premier
Liang Shih-Yi. who has gone abroad
Giang was recently reported 10 be in
Japan, but preparing 10 return 10
China with the object of joining Gen
Chang Tso-Lin).
Wang Shih-Chen who was premier
from December, 1917, to February
1918, has been asked to head the cabi-
net, but has not accepted.
HONG KONG, May 20.-Only a
change of policy on the part of the
Peking regime or recognition of the
south Chinese government by the for
eign nations will bring the civil war
in China to an end, declares WI Ting.
Fang, former Chinese minister to the
United States, who was appointed for
eign minister of the Canton govern
ment last year, and recently was nam
ed civil governor of kwangtung pro-
vince.
civil war will continue until the
northern forces change their policy
and convene parliament legally con
stituted and elect a new president,
he says, "or until the foreign powers
recognize the southern government y
A dispatch from Fukien announces
that Ii Hou-Chin, military governor OF
Fukien province, has arrested General
: Chang Chi-Ping. commander of the
army division, who was suspected OF
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