. The fight for the republic in China. at Yangtsze,the movement against him was now spreading as thoughit had been a dread contagious disease, the entire Southuniting against Peking. His promise to open a properLegislative Chamber on 1st May was met with the middle of April five provinces—Yunnan, Kuei-chow, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and Chekiang—had de-clared their independence, and eight others were prepar-ing to follow suit. A Southern Confederacy, with aSupreme Military Council sitting at Canton, was or-ganized, the brutal Governor Lung Chi Kwang havingbeen won over against his master,
. The fight for the republic in China. at Yangtsze,the movement against him was now spreading as thoughit had been a dread contagious disease, the entire Southuniting against Peking. His promise to open a properLegislative Chamber on 1st May was met with the middle of April five provinces—Yunnan, Kuei-chow, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and Chekiang—had de-clared their independence, and eight others were prepar-ing to follow suit. A Southern Confederacy, with aSupreme Military Council sitting at Canton, was or-ganized, the brutal Governor Lung Chi Kwang havingbeen won over against his master, and the scholar LiangChi-chao flitting from place to place, inspiring moveafter move. The old parliament of 1913 was reportedto be assembling in Shanghai, whilst terrorist methodsagainst Peking officials were bruited abroad precipitat-ing a panic in the capital and leading to an exodus ofwell-to-do families who feared a general massacre. An open agitation to secure Yuan Shih-kais com-plete retirement and exile now commenced. From. The Funeral of Yuan Shih-kai—the CAXAFALauE OverTHE Coffin on Its Way to the Railway Station
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