The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
sun is A PRISONER;
TO BE INVITED TO
AID REORGANIZATION
tBy Associated Press)


KIUKIANG, Province of Kiangsi.
China, June PA president on Fri
day morning; prisoner and an exile
from his capitol on Tuesday night
that, in brief, is the history of DIR. Sun
Yat-Sen, recently head of the Canton
government in China. DIR. Suns wife
also is reported to be a prisoner
For two days reports of various ma
ture have been coming in regarding
DR.. Suns whereabouts and plans
Variously he was said to be aboard a
warship bound for Shanghai. q cap
tive on the Chinese armored cruiser
Haichi and free agent awaiting the
gathering of his troops from their
scattered expeditions in Kiangsi prov
ince for an attempt to retake Canton
from Chen Chung Ming. his former
military official, who held it in behalf
of the Peking government
But today definite, authentic word
is at hand to show that the second of
these is true. Sun, though prisoner,
is by no means dishonored The pro-
visional government set up in Canton
in its first official act today decided
that he should be permitted to resign
instead of being expelled from his
presidential office and that he should
be granted a safe conduct to go
abroad or to Peking as he chose.
Ii Invites Sun.
There is every prospect that he will
be ordered to do one OF the other and
he is expected to choose the first. Never
| theless Ii Yuan-Hung, the new presi-
| dent at Peking is willing to have him
come to that city and consult with
him regarding means for promoting
the unification of China. 81 see no
| reason why he should not sit at the
same table with me and discuss China's
future" said Ii regarding DR.. Sun yes
| terday according to Peking dispatch
es Ii even has issued a formal invi.
tation urging DR. Sun to aid him in re.
organizing the Chinese government
| Four resolutions have been adopted
| by the provisional government at Can
ton. Beside that authorizing Suns
resignation, these, in brief, are as fol
lows:
! Chen Chiung-Ming, whose coup over
threw Dr. Sun and who had been dis
closed in that activity as an aSent oi
Ii Yuan-Hung and associate of WI
| PeiFu, the strong man of China" in
| her present crisis is invited to admin
lister Kwangtung province temporar
lily. 1t was commented on today thai
it was from the administration of this
i province that Sun removed Cher
| thereby opening the estrangemen1
which resulted eventually in Suns
overthrow.
To Support Ii
The provisional government pledge!
itself to support the administrator
4! headed by Ii Yuan-Hung at Peking
which observers assert probably re
moves the greatest single danger o
armed opposition faced by the gov
ernment
4 The provisional government de
clares that anyone resuming hostilitie
will be considered an enemy. Thi
apparently is intended as a check t,
any leader who may become ovar-zeal
Gus in the removal of the remnant
of Suns armed forces.
:. The question which is exciting mos
attention in several quarters is tn
whereabouts of DR. WI Ting Fans
former minister to Washington an
foreign minister in Suns government
! DR.. WI was reported to have accom-
panied Sun in his fight from Cantor
One report said Dr. WI and SUI
were aboard one of the gunboat
| which Sunday raked the Bund at Car
: ton with machine gun fire killing an
, wounding many hundreds of person
, and damaging several American buil(
{ ings. Crowds of refugees from Canto
, still were coming into Hong Kon
, last night