PRESIDENT OF CHINA
SUN YAT SEN ASSUMES OFFICE SWAY LIMITED TO ONE PROVINCE By Tplegraph—Press Association— Copyright 1 Peking, May 6. Dr. Sun Yat Sen formally assumed office as President of China amid general rejoicings. He issued a proclamation guaranteeing the policy of liberalism and constitutionalism, and the respect of treaties. . Sun Yat Sen’s sway at present is confined to the Kwantung province, while he counts on the partial support ot the provinces of Yunnan, Kweichow, and Hunan. The Governors of all the other provinces recently issued a proclamation condemning Sun Yat Sen’s election to the Presidency as illegal, and declaring that he must be eliminated from politics. Meanwhile the province of Kwangsi is organising an armed expedition against the province of Kwantung, with the approval, Liit hitherto without military assistance, of Peking. Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 5
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134PRESIDENT OF CHINA Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 5
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