Evening star., 1925-03-12

erai months there was almost con-
tinuous lighting in the city and the
| territory adjacent to It, and In March
the greate~ ambition of DR.. Sun was
inaugurated when his followers en-
gagged troo.s that were supporting
the central government at Peking.
DR.. Sun insisted all the time that
his efforts were in behalf of united
China, and blamed the powers for the
plight of the country.
In October he created a tense situa-
tion at Canton by threatening to seize
the customs. we must stop this
money going to Pekins to buy arms
to kill us he declared.
DR.. Suns threat quickly brought to
Canton harbor fotilla of foreign
gunboats. including American, Brit
ish, French and Portuguese vessels,
TO prevent the seizure OF the Chinese
maritime customs. For the protection
OF foreign bondholders, China, in
1911, agreed that an inspector general
OF customs, selected by the powers,
should supervise the collection of
these customs. the amount for the
foreign loan service first being de-
Quoted and the remainder turned over
to the Chinese government. The sit
uation was relieved by the interven-
tion of Jacob G. Schurman, American
that the revolutionary leader with
drew his threat
Health Breaks Down.
DR.. Suns health began to fail dur
ing 1924 and on several occasions his
death was reported. In November
Peking was captured by revolution
ary forces under Gen. Feng, and when
the defeated Gen. WI abandoned his
plan to recapture the city, Tsao Kun
resigned the presidency. A de facto
government was formed with Tuan
Chi-Jui as chief OF executive power.
Fighting had ceased and general
| conference was called at Peking Of
the various political leaders
There are few parts of the world
to which he was stranger wher-
ever there were Chinese he had been,
always with the same mission. the
same appeal-a Chinese republic. A
small, quiet, op-shouldered man.
with thin grayish mustache point
ing upward at the ends, Dr. Sun
moved about the world holding his
life in his hands every moment of
the day and night, for ii would have
been worth 100000 to any one who
| could plant knife between his
shoulders. This reward, offered orig
inally by the Manchu government,
was standing for nearly 20 years
While in New York during 1911, Dr.
Sun was dining in prominent club
| with a number OF international bank
crs. They were inclined to minimize
the accounts of his constant danger,
| whereupon Sun asked that they ac-
company him to one OF the upper
rooms, fronting on Fifth avenue.
There, standing In the dark, they
| were able to look out upon the street
and distinguish three evil-looking
Chinese skulking in the shadows.
When Sun left they disappeared.
fernaps mis- narrowest escape was in
Canton in 1893. One Of his plots to
assassinate the Manchu officials and
seize the city was BETRAYED and a
roundup Of the leaders was SET in
| motion. DR.. Sun fed with band Of
hostile soldiers at his heels Suddenly
a door opened and he was drawn in =
| side. The door closed as mysteriously
| as 1t had opened, and the pursuers
passed on. A friendly servant i'm the
house of prominent mandarin had
made the rescue. Three days later
the fugitives watched from a window
| OF that same house as Is Of his fol
lowers were put to death with ali the
| refinement OF torture in when the
| Chinese excel.
Captured I'm London.
| Another time. while in London, hs
| was kidnapped and held prisoner in
the Chinese embassy While awaiting a
| special steamer which was to take
him to Peking and death by the ak
he managed to get W ord to his friends
on the outside High officials of the
British government obtained his re-
| lease.
He has made his way through China
in every known form of disguise, and
| by every conceivable method of trans.
| portatton. AS a coolie laborer, man.
DARN, fisherman, a jinrikisha run.
ner a soldier, sailor and a student
he has fitted about the great Chinese
nation, always hunted and bounded
even when he occupied the hign olfic e
| of President
DIR. Sun, although few of his asso-
| ciates knew 1t, was a Christian. He
was born in Honolulu in 1852 and re-
ceived his medical education IN the
| Hongkong College. He was married
| quite early in life and was the father
, OF two children. a son and a daughter
FOLLOWERS TO FIGHT ON.