Chang Tso-lin's career during the year has been the story of the degenerative influence of wealth and success. During the previous he had stretched his influence from the Russian frontier to the Yangtze delta. Then his generals quarrelled amongst themselves and his organization reached a point beyond which further stretching, was inposzible. The line snapped and the Fengtien organization was defeated by Sun Chuun-fang. This] defeat was followed by the sbifting of "Chang Chung-chang's relstionship. Hy ceased to be a subord-mate and' became an all} with al dominant influence. So that, when one speaks of the Fengtien, orgafeatin id Shantuag" and and in the" metropolitan city The year saw the rise and fall of the Tavift Conference. Except for passing a resolution conceived ili Ting"|intrigue and passed in bad faith, him) which in effect, confounds the Chinese people by giving the im-Government here, the municipal pression that. tariff autonomy, 18 to Jve granted in 1929, when og a matter of fact, nothing of the kind was intended, the Tariff Conference fended with nothing but a dossier of speeches to its credit. It re. entirely due to the fact that there was no Government in China to Jearry through the negotiations. The attempt toward the end of the year of Messrs. Wellington Koo and Company to constitute themselves Government did not lead the Legato the usual error of accepting anyone who happened to tive in the city of Peking. During much of the year, no Government in Pereceived the formal acknowledgment of the foreign Powers—a virtual condition of none recognition. The Extraterritoriality Commission met, investigated and has drawn up, but not yet issued, its report.
The Attitude to Foreigners Negotiations between Hongkong: and Canton to end the boycott situation there ended futilely, the Canton Government finally of its own volition and not as a result fof negotiations determined to end the strike and boycott on October 10, the beginning of the 15th year. Just as the year closed, a series of outrages on for fourred in the Yangtze Valley, the troops of both sides participating. These attacks on foreigners Jculminated in the Wanhsien incident, fin the course of which, the British navy found it necessary to protect British subjects and property by farmed. force, It is of interest. to note in this connexion thab the British policy. of neutrality was proved in this enterprise, as the Chinese commandant was Yang Sen, southerners regarded ish tendencies. tion lessened in extent and influence during the year: 'A number of political and economic strikes took place in Shanghai and other industrial centres, but they were not of extraordinary magnitude fand do not represent an absormnal situation, As. the Kuomintang emerge from the isolation of Cant {to national activity in the. Yangtay their propagandist efforts seem nek so. barrowly focussed. oR attacks; on' foreign Powers. They seem f0. be adopting a more con; ciliatoyy.ataitude, toward all. fgrelgne ets, akclading the, British, whom they haxe.chad, Ahe)t:, 888 in Canton.
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