Evening star., 1922-11-10
UNION OF CHINA
ONLY PEACE HOPE
War to Continue Unless Con.
stitution Covers All Fac
tions, Says Gen. Chen.
BY JUNICS II. WOOD.

! By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
| Copyright, H..
| CANTON. China. November 10
War between North and South China
! will continue unless the government
at Peking permits parliament to
| adopt new constitution for all
China" is the declaration made here
by Gen. Chen Chiung-ming, military
| governor of kwangtung province. in
the first interview granted by him
| since his forces overthrow Or. Sun
Yat-sen as president Of South China.
| last June.
| 'Since the republic declared the
! present parliament elected more than
| eleven years ago, China has had only
| a provisional constitution. The pek-
! ing government illegally dissolved
| parliament six years ago. causing
! South China to Secede and declare
! war in an effort to secure "A constitu-
i tional government. North China mill
| itarists now, seeing the necessity for
| It's existence, have recently caused it
! to reconvene. South China, however.
! will never recognize the Peking gov
ernment unless parliament becomes
something more than a mere debating
society and a figurehead for some mil
, itary dictator. Since ii has recon-
vened it has not assumed that char
| acter.
Since Gen. chen Chung ming split
with DR.. Sun Iat-sen. thereby forcing
! the latter to lose the presidency of
South China. many persons have
| classed him with Gen. WI Pei-fu and
three great military leaders of China.
Although Gen. chen's detection
brought disaster to DR.. Sun. develop
ments show, however that he fails to
fll the latterS shoes. controlling only
the rich kwangtuns province and. ac-
cording to observers. having only a
precar ious hold on that.
One of Peking Duties.
THAT Is one of the duties of the
| Pekiug government replied Gen.
Chen thiung-ming to the question Of
| whether the present kwangtung rev
olutionary government is paying the
| salaries of kwangtung provincial as
sem blymer. According to the assem-
hlymen, nobody is paying them. Their
! recent protests against the proposed
| British loans tn the kwangtung gov
| crnment is regarded as gentle hint
70: Canton officials to contribute back
| salaries toward their depleted finances.
The writer found Gen. chen Chung
! ming an affable, unassuming type of
lthtneSe military leader A mere note
requesting an interview brought a
messenger to arrange for an appoint
| ment. Entering the grounds sur
rounding his military headquarters.
however. was a more difficult matter.
| \ squad of Chinese soldiers stationed
at the entrance to the grounds. stopped
the automobile carrying the corrc-
spond@nt while the officer in charge
demanded a card. The card being
printed in English the officer could
not read II. Then the Chinese rhauf-
feur explained that the writer was
"a drst-class important American,
! which was sufficient to gain entrance
to the first gate and for 100 yards
along a road which was lined with
soldiers and bsrb-wire stuckade,
thirty strands in height.
| Then the correspondent was stopped
by another squad of soldiers. more
| cards were produced and the chau-
feur made similar explanations. In
the mile between the stockadc and
Gen. Chen Chung -ming's official
yamen there was soldier armed with
a rife every fifty yards.
Not Taking Chances.
Gen. Chen is not taking any
chances with unwelcom" visitors.
| High watchtowers surround the va
men for the detection of interlop-
ers across adjoining fields. while au-
tomobiies are forbidden to use all
nearby highways after dusk. Friends
of the general say that he has not
entered Canton since capturing the
| southern capital last June ana tnat
although he is the most powerful Off
cial in South China he iI a virtual
prisoner in his rural yamen.
y doorman led the writer through
| several courtyards into large con-
ference room. a lean man in plain
European suit with a thin mustache
and several days growth of unshaved
:Stubble on his face, entered briskly
and motioned for the writer to be
seated. Lacking an interpreter. the
conversation did not even get started.
The unshaved man, however, sociably
offered cigarettes. Then he suddenly
jumped to his feet and hurried out OF
doors, leaving the correspondent to
puzzle over whether 1t was the. gen.
eral who had greeted him or only his
secretary.
Outside there was sudden scurry-
ing Of officers and eventually Gen.
Chen Ying- shan. commander of the
Canton arsenal. chief of police and
! Yale graduate. class of 1912. made his
appearance garbed in an immaculate
Chinese robe of white silk. He was
to act in the role of interpreter. he
explained. With him. also came back
the lean unshaved man who had So
ciabIy offered cigarettes. The mod
est man in the plain European suit,
the ex-Yale graduate explained fur
! ther. was Gen. Chen Chung ming.
military dictator of Kwangtung.