'We have been familiar with Mr. Wang, who was formerly - better: known as Wang Chuo-ming, for' many years. His imprisonment Peking in 1910 for an attempt to assassinate the Prince Regent, brought his name into prominence. We knew also that he had become: tone of the private secretaries, of Dr, Sun Yat-sen and was generally. leredited with having prepared many of the important telegrams and letters of his master, He accompanied Dr. the latter' part of 1924. troduction to this book states 1925 he was at his master's deathbed, as his chosen successor, and. wrote at his dictation the" two famous wills, which form the pro-'New China, He ter-suggestions and their selfish efforts to promote the interests of the feudal lords whom they advise: while in the South, the same type of leader keeps party polities at fever heat all the time.
The professional politician China differs from similar breeds in other countries in that he seldom wants an administrative position. He is in the North usually an advisor oF delegate; in the South, party organizer and agitator, He) lacks the capacity for administration because he has no experience in life except playing polities. His pri cipal stock in trade is a knowledge of men and an ability to gather about himself some small personal following. In the North, he is most ininential when he is connected with or related to or has been a fellowtient of some military man; in the South, he is'usually one of Dr. Sun's numerous secretaries or has in some way related, himself to one of these secretaries. The men in both North and South, who are trying to do decent fobs of these politician more true in the South than in the North, for in the South these politicians, have the opportunity of playing the: Kaomintang locals, which no administrative official has time to do. was then chosen as leader by the Kuomintang. He is destined, given health and strength, to be the President of the Chinese Republic." We venture that the naive disclose tures made in this quotation explain the whole history of the Kuomintang since the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It may be properly. [described as one long struggle on the part of Wang Ching-wei to maintain his posit the successor of Dr, Sun and to further his ambitious scheme of becoming President of China.
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