Canton in 1921 at ripe age of 77, of shock, problem, facing not China but himself, was the elimination of Tuan Chi-jui from the Government. They were not only enemies but rivals of equal standing. There was not room enough for both in Peking. was also losing con-face," because he was foreed to countersign mandates appointing men to office who were opponents. To extricate himself from this awkward position, Tuan suddenly conceived the ty of subjugating the independent provinces of the south. For Kuo-chang approved of Tuan plan and as the money was already in their possession from the numerous loans which had been made, Tuan set out to perform) this task, apparently with some of Feng Kuo-chang's troops, who, upon reaching Hunan, obeyed their secret orders of making Tuan Chi: There was no-faction but to wait until Feng Kuo-chang's expired. Using the money obtaine: through the foreign loans, a "bors parliament was created which, under heavy bribery, elected Hsu Hsihchang, an old' scholar and official,
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