A second manifesto has been issued by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Mr. Tang Shao-yi, Dr. Wu Ting-fang and Gen. Tang Chi-yao. After relating how, "when the righteous armies of the Southwest rose, the aim and purpose were the defence of the constitution and the saving of the country from foreign commitments," and tracing the steps leading up to the recent. attempt to reopen the peace negotiations in Shanghai, the manifesto continues:
Canton, July 27.
The District Court has " given judgement in favour of the Military, Government in the case in which the latter sought an injunction restraining the Sincere Ca. from paying $300,000 to Dr. Wu Ting-fang in repayment of loans contracted "by the company with Dr. Wu Ting-fang when Finance Minister of the Military Government. The Court ordered payment of the amount to Chen Chin-tao, the present Finance Minister, instead of Dr. Wu Ting-fang.—Reuter, "We, the undersigned, conscious that we are representing the public opinion of the nation, make hereby a second declaration. Whatever may be the result of the feud in the North, whichever may be the faction and whoever may be the individuals who obtain control, the aim of the Southwest to uphold the constitution and save the country from foreign commitments must be attained. If the North be sincere in desiring unification of the country. they must first of all cancel the Sino-Japanese Military Pact and must; demonstrate a determination to; announce the cancellation of the Agreements following upon the Twenty-One Demands. Thus only can the peace negotiations be resumed and the very foundations of the nation be preserved. If there be any who violate our aim and under cloak of their sounding phrases intrigue for personal gains and advantages. then whether they be of the South or of the North, whether ther belong to this party!
that faction, we, with our fellow citizens shall punish them.
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