Evening star., 1923-06-17

dispatched note to Toxic demanding an
apology for the affair. indemnities for the
Tananese nf ncers response fer the action Of
the marines and withdrawal of Japanese naval
nent in response reinforced the Japanese
naval patrol of the fangtse and its tributaries
by four destroy ers. demanded of the Chinese
government drastic action toward ending the
antiIJapanese boycotts and observed 1fl tnat ~ ~
defending lhe lives and pronsrty of IS
spreading Here are the 'makinSs' of some
thing important
President Ii Yuan Hung fed from Pekins
the 14th special train proposing to
take refuge in the British quarter of Tientsln,
where he had lived for some years prior to his
recall last year to the presidential chair The
train was held up enroute by a detachment OF
ate of the super Tuchun Tsao Kun) and sew
eral important members of the Chilli party ca
with the provinve of Chili-of which party
boarded the presidents car and demanded of
him his seals of office and his signature 10
self the president demurred. but in conse-
Guence. of l know not what pressure, IN dnai1s ny
mandate signed Ii Yuan Hung was permitted
to proceed to the shelter of the British nag nag,
The persuasive toe Which induced Ii yuan
Yu Hsiang. the .Christan general" who last
Shen 81 (of which province he is tuchun) to
Chilli to help Gen. Wu Pei Flu in the latters
struggle with Chang Taolin. and who shone
brilliantly in that campaign .s t,a a.
The occasion of that campaign was the at
tempt of the reactonary Chang Taolln, super
tuchun of the three Manchurian provinces to
impose himself as actual, if not nominal, dc
tator at Peking. The attempt was challenged
by Cen WI Pei Fu super tuch1n hun OF tine PROV Nn
of Human cS and ~ho and
thrashed old Chang with las as nave stated NE The
Pei Flu had the quasi support in that business
at Tsao Kun super tuchun OF the % proUincGS ns,
support, because Tsao Kun allowed WI to
use the Chilli army. but l suspect that that
out his orders, fight for Wu Pei Fu, VINO
had formerly been one of the Chilli DIVISIONAL
commanders and whom they adored; Chang
polished off Wu Pei Flu. announced his pro,
gram. which included reconyyenng I of the old
in 1917; reunion of north and south under the
restored provisional constitution. creation of
system; collection of provincial taxes by
agents of the central government ana alIoI, s
the national treasury, and a regular gradation
of civil government through provinces and dis
tricts down the town and village groups
with their immemorial traditions of self gov
We Pei Flu might have made himself tempo
rarily benevolent dictator, but eschewed that
role. He did. however, stand by for while
with his army, and under his auspices begin
ming was made toward carrying out his pro-
gram Sun Yat Sen, refusing to be concillated,
was driven from Canton by his former hench-
man. Gen. Chen Kwang Ming, who declared
the Canton or southern republic abollsned and
ters. The old parliament (the original parlia-
ment of 1879 was reconyened Cnciuding the
lament of + tn the & Canton repubiic1 and recalled
Lii Yuan Hung, who had in 1917, resigned t tne
WI Tusii Pei Flu % Gust when is not clear) sent his
army home. But he had previously secured
the appointment of Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang as
tuchun of the metropolitan area, believing him
to be heart and soul for his program
scene has been wrapped in dense fog. That
set of iackdays-the parliament--has de-
voted itself to petty pickering and intrigue