The New York herald., 1922-07-16

outlook, but at the same time devoted
to the preservation of all that is best
In Chinese civilization. DIR. Sun no,
only refuses to indorse Ii Yuan-hune
for the Presidency but contends thai
his unlawful dissolution Of the Parlia-
ment is adequate cause for his i'm
parchment.
Protesting against the establishment
OF new government at Pekin by mill
tary Tuchuns. without submitting the
issues to vote OF the people, DIR. Sun
on June IL sent the following cable
gram to Ma 500, his American repre-
sentative at Washington:
''The mMitarists of North China ap-
pear to realize that violence to the
Constitution in 1917 must be repaired
before there can be any peace in the
country. and that the Parliament
which they illegally dissolved must be
asked to resume it's functions. This
is the ground which the Constitution
alists have maintained for the last
five years, insisting that the rule of
force must give way to the rule Of
law.
But the present advocates Of the
restoration Of Parliament are the same
type Of men, indeed In some instances
the same identical men, who effected
the dissolution Of the same Parlia-
ment. That the fundamental laws Of
the country may be safeguarded
against further violation militarism
forces Of the entire country must be
reduced to dimensions representing
the minimum necessary for our ma
tionai safety. But the disbanding of
troops without provision for their.
future would be the':height of unwis-
dom and show a lack of practical
craftsmanship. Therefore men laying
down arms should be organized into
labor corps under their. own officers,
which may be done by merely ex-
changing tools for arms. on terms of
fair living wages and reasonable hours,
Of work.
Let those commanders who are ad-
vocating the restoration. Of Parliament
enthrone or dethrone rulers as they
will, but the Chinese people do not
want military Tuchuns to. make and
unmake Parliaments at their pleasure.
OF what use Is Parliament which is
creature of militarists? What is
there to prevent the unlawful disso-'
luton Of Parliament again on the
morrow Of it's convocation? 1t is OBJ
vious that Parliament can be effec-
lively restored only IT, the reassem-
bling Is accompanied by these two
conditions ~ .4.-..,4 \ IA, ~.
"The first condition is that penalties
shall be meted out to the men who
were responsible for the reasonable
violation Of the Constitution in 1917.
National self preservation demands
that these traitors to the, Constitution.
shall be brought before. the bar of jus
tice. --s, 81
THE second condition Is that those
who have hitherto fought. against the
Constitutionalists should. demonstrate
their good faith and sincerity by i'm
mediately forming half their troops
into labor battalions. = Thsreupons
orders will be issued throughout the.
provinces for general disarmament;
and the organization of .lahor. corps,
Peaceful unjfication OF the country On
p. permanent basis will then have
been accomplished sst'@
This Government believes.that these
conditions are essential. .tosthe future
peace and wellbeing Of. the nation.
These are not difficult conditions, be-
ing dictated by plain common sense.
They are not new conditions, as they
have been in general terms repeatedly
proclaimed since 1917. IT, those who
Ipr- la
really sincere in their professions they
would accept these conditions without
hesitation. SUN YAT-srN.,
Negotiations Looking to
A Permanent Peace
While the Washington. conference
was in session the first step was taken
in China toward national reunification.
The military factions in the northern
and central provinces Sent repre-
sentatives to Canton to discuss terms.
by which the country might be con-
soidated under one stable govern
ment. ti
Delegates came from Wu Pei-fu,
from Chang Tso-lin, from Tsao Kun
and from the Chekiang and Kiangsu
factions asking Dr.. Sun under what
conditions the Canton Government
would accept permanent peace. The
following terms were then laid down
by DR.. Suns Minister of Foreign At
fairs. WI Ting Fang;
First, That the various military
Tuchuns should submit; to ! the pro-.
visional Constitution.
Second, That as pledge OF their
serious intentions they should. dis
associate themselves from the Illegal
Pekin Government and submit to the
Government at Canton.
Strangely enough, these terms were
accepted by Chang -Tso-lin the Super
tuchan Of Manchuria. by no means
because he was in sympathy with the
government Of tho republic OF South
China, but evidently because he was
no longer able to dictate the policy of
Pelkin.
But in negotiating with Wu Pei-fu. |
governor of Chihli, Sun added
to his terms the stipulation that Wue |
troops should be withdrawn from the
provinces OF Hupeh and Human, over
which he had appointed himself In
spector- General against the will OF
the inhabttants. To this demand WI
refused to accede, in spite of the fact |
that the Government at Canton had
assisted him in the pacification of
these provinces under the condition
that they be controlled democratic-
ally by the native population.
Arrnr1fy, W., TDn; o.. -.