Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-12
SUN VAT SEN, IN FLIGHT SIX
MONTHS AGO, RETURNS HERO

came INTO view around d. Deuu III
the river. Both sides of the water
front were lined with spectators.
They had been patiently waiting for
hours. Bedlam broke loose. Fire
crackers popped on all sides, five
Chinese bands all playing at once
were crowded in front of the land
ing. The crowds broke into shouts
which were more vociferous than
ineligible.
Surrounded by Mob
Through it all DR.. Sun stood plac-
and bowling. The nicely prepared
path which the soldiers had made
from the pier to the flower-trimmed
automobile disappeared in q milling
mass. Two Indian Sikhs from the
steamer, with rifles, kept the gang
plank clear, but beyond that was
only solid humanity. Sun was ell
bowed and showed through the mob,
apparently the only unperturbed
person there. Officers were trying
to salute, dozens wanted to shake
hands, labor leaders with gaudy vel
low badges were waving flags and
the din of the bands were drowned
by the roar OF fireworks. The doc
tor got into the conspicuously dec
grated car. He motioned the guards
away. One tall Chinese who had
accompanied him from Shanghai,
insisted on staying, but the doctor
ordered him to leave. His car had
no guards, a striking contrast to
those of the generals and other eter-
nally terrified Chinese officials with
a fringe of soldiers carrying pistols
on each running board.
Confusion Marks Parade
The parade started with the usual
Chinese confusion. Long strings
of f1recrackers hanging from the
roofs rained down on the heads of
the marchers. 1t was the public's
only view of the leader. Govern
ment in China is invisible. Off
Gals are never seen and rarely
heard by those they govern. The
next day Canton had new mayor,
new provincial governor, a new
commissioner of foreign affairs and
new officials for every portfolio.
Nobody elected them, nobody was
consulted The governor issued a
proclamation deprecating his I'M
worthiness, but not explaining how
he happened to be governor. Sun
Foo, the doctors son, reappointed
mayor, said nothing, but started
cleaning the city. Such is democ-
racy in China.
Sun shares the yamen of Cen
eral Yam Hsi-min. To some it looks
as if the general were holding him
as a. hostage. General Yang is from
Yunnan province and he and his
followers are a long way from
home. What is more, they are not
wanted at home by the faction in
power and would have to fight their
way across Kwangsi province to
get there. They control the city.
They are we'll disciplined and loyal
to DIR. Sun, but it is hardly to be
expected that they will willingly
forego city comforts for the hard
ships of the field. Kwangsi troops
hold the arsenal in the city and
White Cloud mountain, just outside.
Sun has about go gunboats and his
own Kwangtung troops at Kang-
moon, down the river, and another
force under General Hsu Chung-chlh
maching from Ful1ien.
He proposes to disband 30 per cent
of the troops and put them at work
in the mines and ON roads. It's a
statesmanlike theory, but hard to
start. In the meantime, the city is
waist-high in garabage, gambling is
wide open, trains and boats are
held up and robbed just outside the
city and several things need lmme-
date attention.