Stes were now taken to make peace between the north and the south, where a Government under the direction of Sun Yat-sen, Wu Ting-fang, Tong Shao-yi and other southerners was established. This Government was fighting for the constitution and which "took place in Tong Shao-yi represented the south and Chu Chi-chien the north. Tong Shao-began to ask questions about the loans. He wanted to know the purposes of Little Hsu's northwestern defences. He raised questions about the financial problems which the northern government dared not answer, perhaps because of its for eign commitments. The negoti tions failed. The southern govern ment continued to operate at Canton and a civil war ensued which is not yet ended. From November, 1918, until to-day, there has been} constant struggle for power through military force in Chin:
It is not necessary to go into all the. details of this seven years. of civil war. It has been a constant repetition of the same movement
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