Dr. Sun Yat-sen at present has; his hands full in trying tg bring. order out of the present chaos and: unless a miracle occurs it seems probable that he will fail this time as he has failed upon previous occasions.
Dr. Sun and his Civil Governor, Gen. Hsu Slrao-cheng, are trying to prevent military commanders from interfering with the appointment of civil officials and the collection of public revenues, The militarists are only willing to! receipt of cash ter their subsist-surrender these privileges upon the
ence. This amount cannot be! determined as there has never been! a genuine record of men and} equipment among the countless units of irregular and mercenary troops' who are now looting Kuangtung, either after sham! battles or after factional disputes; when they sack towns, or else robbing the province in a less cruel manner by protecting gambling and selling opium.
THE POLICY OF DISBANDMENT, The people themselves are standing by Dr. Sun and Gon. Hsu inj their intention of appointing only qualified and honest men to public; offices and of tranquillizing the principal rivers for trade traffic as a first step. towards peace and order. The more thinking Cantonese do not believe that Dr. Sun} will be so unwise as actually to disband whatever men he has under his command before his orders are; really obeyed and respected here, and the non-Cantonese mercenary troops are out of the way. Of} course, this disbandment policy is receiving the approval of the! labour organizations and some! students who always parade for whatever appears to be best on the! face of it.
Hongkong Chinese and not a few foreign merchants are seriously! considering the request of Dr. Sun! and the present civil administration for financial assistance. and they know that the trade of South China will be very badly affected unless tangible support is offered by them to effect an early peace.
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