China, Japan and the U.S.A. / Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference

Footnotes

1. Since the text was written, the newspapers have stated that the Peking Government has officially refused to validate the agreement. Return
2. This was written of course several months before Sun Yat Sen was reinstated in control of Canton by the successful revolt of his local adherents against the southern militarists who had usurped power and driven out Sun Yat Sen and his followers. But up to the time when I left China, in July of this year, it was true that the liberals of northern and central China who were bitterly opposed to the Peking Government, did not look to the Southern Government with much hope. The common attitude was a “plague upon both of your houses” and a desire for a new start. The conflict between North and South looms much larger in the United States than it did in China. Return
3. Since the writing of this and the former chapter there are some signs that Wu Pei Fu wants to set up in control of the middle districts. Return

Transcriber’s Note

Obvious typographical errors have been repaired. The Table of Contents was added.