Treaty Reported Between Sun Yat-sen and Li Hou-chi Peking, May: 22.
Advices from Canton state that a treaty has been concluded: between Dr. Sun Yat-sen and General Li Hou-chi, Tuchun of Fukien, providing: (1) That- neither province shall embark on military operations against the other, (2) That neither shall station military' forces along the Fukien-Kuangtung border, (3) That the Cantonese authorities shall not export arms into Fukien or support the brigands of that province, and (4) That Fukien shall~ furnish the Canton troops with. provisions. While this non-aggression pact might serve as a safeguard to the progress of the anti-northern expedition were that venture making any progress, it is not regarded™ ere as indicating anything more than that.
Foreign advices from various sources would indicate that Dr. Sun's influence is continuing to dwindle. Even Canton recognizes that the northern expedition is a hopeless undertaking.
A month ago he admitted that Yunnan and Kueichow were lost to him. Kuangsi is ea cleared of avided between Dr. (Sun. and Kuangtung troops an kuangtung
General Chen Chiung-ming, with brigands exercising actual control over a large part of it. The final withdrawal of Kuangtung forces is announced in a despatch dated May 20.. It will be remembered that after the departure of Dr. Sun' for 2 Shiuchow General Chen withdrew his troops from the West River to Wuchow, leaving the rest of the province, ungarrisoned. Wuchow, too, Has now been handed over to~ Ma Ch'i-hsiang, who styles himself Commander-in-Chief of the Kuangsi army. The Civil Governor of Kuangsi was compelled to leave his capital with the retiring troops and is now'in Canton.
It is hinted that Dr. Sun is ready to negotiate an alliance with General Wu Pei-fu.—Reuter.
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