Evening star., 1925-03-12
SUN, WASHINGTON OF CHINA, DIES
AFTER 35-YEAR VAR FOR REPUBLIC
Orerthrew Ma1chu Rule,
But Sa,c Treachery
DrOiUn Victory.
Moued Fearlessly about
World With 100000
RelUard for Death.
Rr the Associated Press.

PEKING. March 12-Dr. Sun Yat-
Sen, upon whose head the Manchu-
dynasty fixed q price of 100000 when
Dr. Sun was campaigning for re-
public in China, died here this morn
ing from cancer of the liver He
was So years old.
Called "China's man of destiny" by
many, DR.. Sun was identified with
almost every phase of public life in
his country. He was hrst president
of the republic created in 1912. and
in recent years he had maintained
an administration, styled the Southern
Government OF China, at Canton. In
his declining years he opposed the
central government at Peking. Dr..
Sun was stricken when he arrived
here late in January as a delegate
to conference, having as Its pur-
pose the unification of China.
Faith In Recovery.
DR.. Suns experience as surgeon
in his youth provided him with
sustaining philosophy during his last
days. His physicians said today that
the extension of the life of their
patient was due to his refusal to
admit the seriousness of his condi-
tion since he underwent an opera
tion January 20 DR.. Sun believed
At his deathbed DR.. Sun was sur
rounded by members of his family
and several leaders in the Kuoming-
tang party, the Sun-Yat-Sen party,
who were attracted TO Peking by re-
ports of the death of their leader.
Cnsket Like Lenin's.
Il want to be embalmed like my
friend Lenin, the Russian leader"
haf
also asked that he, be buried at
Nanking. where he first served as
president The body was sent to the
Rockefeller Hospital for embalming
Orders have been. cabled to Moscow
for casket similar to that used for
the burial of Lenin.
DR.. Sun was conscious until the last.
He gave instructions to his wife about
personal matters. He talked ration
ally to his political associates and
only yesterday evening he accepted
the fact that his end was near. In his
will, executed last night, he left his
houses and his books to his wife. 1t
is said the estate OF DR.. Sun was
modest one. His will emphasized his
political wishes and the desire for
party unity and peace in the ranks of
adherents, deprecating any attempt at
a revaluation Of the political philosophy
of his associates.
The body will lie in state at some
public place to be selected today.
Dr. Sun died at the home Of DR..
wellington Koo. a former leader in
the central government of China be-
fore it's defeat by Chang Tso-Lin last
year. The patient was attended
throughout his last illness by Dr.
Paul Krieg, noted German surgeon
and head of the Peking German Hos
pital.
Many Ups and Downs.
Few. If any, statesmen, past or
present, have known more ups ana
downs, more victories and defeats,
more loyalty or more treachery than
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first provisional
President Of China, frequently called
the Father of the Republic" and
often referred to as the, George
Washington of the Far East"
The name of DR.. Sun first began to
appear in newspapers of the western
world back in the late SOS, when his
vigorous pronouncements a gainst his
arch enemies. the dynastic Manchu
emperors of China, attracted some
slight attention. He was then living
in the Hawaiian Islands with his
widowed mother. who had migrated
to Honolulu with her husband. an
agent OIL lEiSsioH. WHEN
Sun Vat Sen was an infant. Since
1895, however, when he essayed the
first of his many revolutions, his name
has become almost as well known to
the Occident as 1t is to the 400. 900 900
Chinese nationals, on behalf of whom
he spent a lifetime of upremitting
hardship and constant danger.
YVES Twice President.
"A
presidency of Chins-the first time in
the Fall of 1911 and again in May,
1921.
Preceding his first election. the Chi
nese people, rising in their wrath
against the Manchus- overthrow the
existing government and set up a re-
public, naming as President DR. sun.
All of south China and most of the
Yangtse provinces were thus brought
under single banner.
The strongest man in north China
at that time was Yuan Shih- kai, Gov
ernor of Chilli Province. Determined I'd
that the country should be united
under one leader. DR.. Sun resigned in
favor of Yuan Shih-kai. This marked
the beginning of the end as far as
the republic was concerned, for. while
Yuan Shfh-kai was strong enough to
guide the ship of state he likewise
had personal ambitions centered in a
new dynasty.
Ruled by War Lords.
But the masses were in no temper
to countenance monarchistic aspira-
tions. They overturned Yuan and
elected a successor. For the next
seven years. including the period COW
cred by the World War, China was. to
all appearances a republic, with a
president, cabinet and a parliament
in Peking. Actually, she was an oil
garchy. ruled by group of war lords.
each with his own personal army. The
Peking government became q mock
cry.
Meanwhile, 1t had become impossi-
BILE for DR.. Sun to remain in China
He made sensational escape to
Japan and settled down to await the
time when he would again be ready
to serve the republic.
Elected In 1921.
In the late Summer of 1921, the Chi
nese Parliament. sitting at Canton
unanimously elected him President oi
TIE Chinese Republic.
The months that followed were
troubled. The war lords were not
anxious to relinquish their powers
After many attempts to bind the mas.
OF loose and broken ends, the new
president began to realize that hi.
unification schemes were not bearing
fruit, and that his political influence
was pitted In no small degree agains
that OF Gen. Chen Chung min, wht
was appointed southern viceroy h!
; the Peking government early in 1872.
despite the fact that he was knowr
to be on friendly terms with TIL,
| southern president at the time.
| The final break between these tw,
leaders came in May. 1922. whereupol
J the armies of Chen ChiunE-min be