The fight for the republic in China . spractised by his predecessor, he now issued a Mandatesummarily abolishing the infamous Chili Fa Chu, orMilitary Court, which Yuan Shih-kai had turned intoan engine of judicial assassination, and within whosegloomy precincts many thousands of unfortunate menhad perished practically untried in the period 1911-1916. Meanwhile the general situation throughout the coun-try only slowly ameliorated. The Northern Militaryparty, determined to prevent political power from pass-ing solely into the hands of the Southern Radicals, bit-terly opposed the revival of the
The fight for the republic in China . spractised by his predecessor, he now issued a Mandatesummarily abolishing the infamous Chili Fa Chu, orMilitary Court, which Yuan Shih-kai had turned intoan engine of judicial assassination, and within whosegloomy precincts many thousands of unfortunate menhad perished practically untried in the period 1911-1916. Meanwhile the general situation throughout the coun-try only slowly ameliorated. The Northern Militaryparty, determined to prevent political power from pass-ing solely into the hands of the Southern Radicals, bit-terly opposed the revival of the Nanking ProvisionalConstitution, and denounced the re-convocation of theold Parliament of 1913, which had already assembled inShanghai, preparatory to coming up to the capital. Itneeded a sharp manoeuvre to bring them to their Chinese Navy, assembled in the waters nearShanghai, took action; and in an ultimatum communi-cated to Peking by their Admiral, declared that so longas the government in the hands of General Tuan Chi-. Major Isaac Newell, U. S. Military Attache An Excampment of the Punitive Expedition of 1916ON thl; Upper Yangtsze
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