Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-12
PRESIDENT SUN VAT SEN, CHINA
 PASSES AWAY
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 CTS became so powerful that they op- enly defied the Picking government which became a mockery. Meanwhile, it had become impossi- ble for Dr. Sun to remain in China. He made a sensational escape to Japan--he had done the same thing several times before-and settled down to gather together the threads of his lost cause and await patient 1 ly the time when he would again be ready 10 act in the interest of
 he republic.
 This opportunity eluded him until the late summer of 1921, when the Chinese Parliament, sitting at Can ton, unanimously elected him Pres 1 ident of the Chinese Republic. The 1 election had been forecast the pre- ceding February, when announcement was made that newly established extraordinary" government at Can 1 ton had sent agents to many foreign capitals to seek recognition for the l regime.
 War-Lords Anxious. The months that followed were troubled ones for Dr. Sun. He found that many of the warlords were not anxious to delinQuish their powers, even in favor of the repub lie they were supposed to be fighting for. After many attempts to bind the mass of loose and broken ends, the new president began to realize that his unification schemes were not bearing fruit, and that his political influence was pitted in no small de- gree against that Of General Chen Chiung-min, who was appointed the Southern Ciceroy by the Peking gov ernment early in 1922, despite the fact that he was known to be on friendly terms with the Southern president at the time.
 Continued To Fight : The final break between these two l leaders came in May 1922, where upon the armies of Chen Chiung-min became another serious obstacle in the path of Dr. Sun. Defeat, deser- ton, treachery faced the latter at every hand. Although he continued l to fight for several weeks, he could not muster sufficient strength to op- pose with success the constantly rising tide, of Chen, who finally broke down what little resistance was of fered at Canton and forced Sun to flee the city.
 From Shanghai, where Dr. Sun sought asylum, he continued his rev olutionary tactics with the idea first of regaining the seat of his former government at Canton and eventu- ally seeking to control all China.
 Early in 1923 the troops of Dr. Sun, reinforced by those of other revolutionary leaders, succeeded in entering Canton and in time the de- posed president of the Southern Re- public returned to the city. For several months there was almost continuous fighting in the city and the territory adjacent to it and in March the greater ambition of Dr. 1 Sun was inaugurated when his fol- lowers engaged troops that were supporting the central government at Picking.
 pr. Sun insisted all the time that his efforts were in behalf of unit ed China and blamed the powers for the plight of the country. "The powers" he said, want to stop the revolution. The Chinese people be- lieye, in spite of them, that the rev olution will succeed and that China l then will be a united and peaceful nation"
 Carrying on his campaign through out the year consumed funds faster than they were being accumulated by the revolutionary leader. Tn Oc- 1 tober he created a tense situation at Canton by threatening to seize the customs. we must stop this money going to Peking to buy arms to kill us" he declared.
 Allies Fake Action.
 Dr. Suns threat quickly brought to Canton harbor flotilla of for eign gunboats, including American, British, French and Portuguese yes sells, to, prevent the seizue of the Chinese maritime customs. For the protection of foreign bondholders, China in 1911, agreed that an inspec- tor general of customs selected by the powers should supervise the col lection of these customs, the amount for the foreign loan service first be- ing deducted and the remainder turn