The Archive · 1924

No Rest for Premiers

Tt in wald that the Cabinet pat very strong pressure on the Prime Minister to induce him to withdraiy his latest resignation, Welling ton Koo ix stated to have been the most insistent in his arsonments with Ly the Minister of reminded—the is no doubt about this, minent action of recent. times amed such complete support from people, politicians, and militarists. There' ix something uncanny, as a matter of fact, about such unanimity from such contrary factions, and Mr. Sun deserves a rest on his see-saw for being the head of a government that put it through.

But there is no rest for modern Chinese Premiers. The M. P's have already sounded a complaint that Wellingtor with M. Karakhan to ment for approval. They are also intent on having: unto themselves the dispensation of the whole of the patronage contained in Ministerial appointments, right down to the humblest clerk. They seem to disapprove on pr anything Mr. Sun does be doing or Marsuars Wu Pei-fu and Hsiao Yao-nan, as well as the Tuchun Honan, have telegraphed to the Ministry of Communications urging that immediate action be taken to repair the Peking-Hankow Railway bridge over the Yellow River as the present structure is unsafe and is-a danger to the lives of the public.

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