The high esteem with which the foreign press looked upon Dr. Sun in the early years of the Chinese Republic is illustrated by a clipping of an article about him from the issue of January 7, 1912, of the Sunday Advertiser in Honolulu, The article reads in part." Presídent Garfield had nothing on Sun Yat-sen. From the towing path of the Erie to the Presidents chair in the White House was not half so hard a road to travel as that from paddy field to the presidency of China, over which Dr. Sun's courageous steps have trod. Garfield's hands were same seat.
Sir|Gerald said that he thought that every State ceremonial which could have happened, or had ever been known to happen, in this country, had happened during the six years he had held the office of Gartgr King of Arms.
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time was allowed for the funeral ar V.. Sir Gerald said that les rangements to be made than ever before.
They had only one week, and, though he thought at the time fhat|they could not possibly do it. King Edward insisted that the funeral must take place at the end of the wee!
The first days after King George's death were taken up by the Proclamation, and it was not until the Thutsday evening following his death thatthe arrangements for the funeral coulfi be taken in hand. This meant night and day work:
In a tribute to the Earl Marshal, the [Duke of Norfolk, he, said shal may be young, great person indeed. free to fight for his own head during those early days when fighting was necessary, but the hands of Dr, Ssu Yat-sen were tied by tradition. boni by family bonds, and manacled by the need for creating a new of government instead of fall along beaten lines.
Photos of the "Four Big Undesirables" as Dr. Sun and three of h closest revolutionary comrades, Vu Lich, Chen Shao-pei, and Yang Hou-ling. were branded in the early revolutionary period (about 25 years before the Chinese Republic) attract keen interest. All four were then all of you have witnessed at funeral and the Coronation, own a great personality and a great cap$cit for part in' these ceremonials.
"Not the least of his great qualities is that he entirely trusted those who served him, and he left to us who assisted him in the mein the whole responsibility of running the cere-and, while we were able to consult him at any moment, he never up the flower to see how it was growing." handsome young men in their twen-Autographs by Vu Lich, Chen pei and Yang Hiu-ling who all had a literary inclination are also on display The most glaring sight is the iron fetters used to shackle the feet of Wen Sheng-tsai, a revolutionary martyr. who assassinated Fu Chi, Canton Governor, in March 10 and sted on the scene and later cuted.
Two stone seals of General Huang Hsing recall the foremost revolutionary military man in the e: years of the Republic.
Among the autographs of the deceased revolutionary leaders is a lengthy letter written by Mr, Hu Han-min to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, reporting on the battle between the revolutionary troops and the imperial forces at Hokou on the Sino-Annam border in 1908.
In.a separate corner are exhibited the things Dr. Sun used during his flight to the Yung Feng gunboat upo the rebellion staged by Gen Cheng Chiung-ming in 1922. Among [these the most interesting white-cloth suit and a pair leather shoes he wore In another corner are the used in the funeral service for Sun in 1925 in Peiping (then Peking). Among these are a coffin, the national and Party with which the coffin was covered when Dr. Sun was lying in state. 1 d pen-nts used when Dr s remains were removed from Peiping to Nanking for burial in the mausoleum on Pu
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