The Archive · 1920

Canton's Peace Terms

Peking, Dec. 15, The Government has received a telegram frou Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who says that a settlement with Canton is unlikely unless the following measures are carried on (1) The dismissal of all the mili tary clement from the Government; (2) the withdrawal of the unification mandate, and (3) the Government's refraining from borrowing foreign loans. As the two first demands are described as impossible of acceptance, the telegram is taken as a refusal to begin negotiations.—Reuter.

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