The politicians divide themselves into groups rather than parties. These groups associate themselves with some individual who might achieve power were he properly supported. When he achieves power, his group gets jobs and then other groups bargain for giving him support. Exactly what their sup-country. But in this country, political life does not revolve about principles; it is not concerned with' basic issues; it is not affected import is worth to him, probably he himself could never tell; but negatively their opposition is expensive, for they rush about the country tell: mediately by public opinion. Poli-up the Tuchuns tical activities are ax personal as a they descry Dusiness enterprise and the average hey blacken Politician gains power and position reputation; they eventually. succeed by serving a master, by fighting the in driving him out, "Hsu Hsih-chang battles for some feudal," military remained President as long as he overlord, very much a5 id the did by. a sharp sense of political Togates ' and" emissaries of the|machination which made it possible Medieval "Prince, The cabinet infor him to utilize these political Peking, for" instance, serves the groups. Li Yuan-hung: started with reigning warlord: present, Wal fairly strong support, bat he failed Pel-fu, Should Chang Tso-lin torious, he will organize his own cabinet and many of the present members will negotiate themselves into the new cabinet on the plea that they are indispensible. One will say that only he can handle the foreign: Legations successfully; another that concessions have to be made to the merchant-intellectual smouts; another that he can swing opposition in the crucial provinees of Kiangsu and Chekiang. Should Wu Pei-fu remain powerful, he will be unable altogether to "ignore elements now opposed to him. "Tuan Chi-jui's party will have to be placated; the Northern Kuomintang will continue its fight in and should that body be dis banded, it will wander about. the country stirring up the people about onstitutionality and the danger of to understand this particular game! and he disappeared. Wu Pei-fu has kept Tsao Kun in power principally' by the use of non-Chihli political groups, who were first bought over by money and eventually kept by' Jobs. Chang Tso-lin has used the major anti-Chihli political organiza tions, such as the Anfu Club and the Kuomintang, but he has never quite built a grouping of his own.
The Kuomintang still exis only well-organized political party in China. But it is not united. Dr. virtually a dictator. Many of his friends and have declined to accept this vi party organization. Tong Sh for instance, is in Shanghai of active political life; Sun Hung. in Peking affiliated with the Chihli a return to the monarchy,
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