DR. WANG RESIGNS
ON ADVICE OF PHYSICIANS
SEQUEL TO INJURIES
(United Press Association—By Electric Tel«« graph—Copyright.) (Received Ist October, 9 a.m.)j ] SHANGHAI, 30th September. ! The resignation of Dr. C. T. Wang,Nationalist Foreign Minister, who was attacked on Monday by students, was tendered to President Chiang* Kai-shek and accepLed this morning ou the advice of Dr. Wang's physician. Dr. Alfred Sze, Minister in Britain, and now at Geneva, succeeds Dr.! Wang, who was reported to bq badly affected by his injuries. Dr. Wang's exit from Chinese poli« tical affairs terminates four years o£ most brilliant diplomacy. China is thus deprived of one of the ablest of her leaders while facing one of tha greatest crises, in consequence of th« insensate behaviour of University fledgings.
Dr. Wang Cheng-T'ing is 49 years oH and has had a distinguished career. H«is a native of Mngpo and took his T3.A, at Yale. From 1914 to 1916 he wa«| general secretary of the National Com* mittee of the V.M.C.A., and in 191<J he resumed his seat as vice-speaker] of the Senate, which he had held for a] short period previously. In 1918 h«| was a delegate to the Paris-Peace Com fcrencc, where lie adviaed against th<4 Bigning of the Versailles Peace Treaty because of the Shantung clauses. Iq| 1922 he was chief delegate to the Sino* Japanese Commission on Shantung af-c fairs, and for some months at the en<( of the year was Acting-Minister of For* eign Affairs and Acting-Premier. DuW ing 1922 and 1923 he directed the Sine* ' Buosian negotiations, and' in 1925-6 war* Minister of Foreign Affairs a«s concurrently Premier and Acting-Minis* ter of Finance. He was also director of the Sino-Bussian Conference an* chairman of the Customs Conference o| 1927. Since 1923 he has been a member of the Kuomihtang Central Political Council, and since November last member of the Kuomintang1 Central Ex> ecutivc Committee. He has been dubbe^ "China's fighting diplomat," ' and, be* ing a forceful speaker, is in great d»i inand at public gatherings. j
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 80, 1 October 1931, Page 13
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