Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-08 | Page 4 | Dr. Sun Yat Sen at Head of Teh Rebels

M" SUN YlfSEH AT M OF TOILS; New Military Government of China Proclaimed at Canton Meeting. PEKIN", Mon-Uy, .Sept. (delayed".. fJr. Sun Yat Sen ha.s been desiM ruiie.l commander in chief of the army and navy ! of a new military feovernment of China j proclaimed by seventy members of The disbanded Chinese parliament meeting at Canton. 'J'he military provernor of Canto:) is stiri-ortlnif the Pekin government. Fis?Iit-iiv Fis?Iit-iiv between his troops and the forces c Sun Yat Sen is feared. Civilians in Canton ate fleeing to Honkon. President Ken-j Kwo CbanK says he is optimistic over the reconciliation of Sou;ii China. Jde lias informed A merican Minister Min-ister Reins ch that lie will not call a popular council or order a parliamentary election until he has determined positively posi-tively which plan is most acceptable ;o the provincial officers. Minister Kelnsch and Kepresentatives of the other allied powers, in order to give financial relief to the Pekin government, virtually have agreed to the postponement of all Boxer indemnity payments for five yearw and to the increase of Chinese import im-port duties to 5 per cent. Dr. Sun Yat Sen was the leader of the revolutionary party in China and led in the successful revolt which resulted in the removal of the Manchus. ile waa first provisional president of China. Dr. Sun Y'at Sen disagreed with the policies of the late president, Y'uan Shi Kai, and very often in the last few years lie had been reported planning revolutions in China. He has always had a strong following fol-lowing in South China and has been a strong opponent of the military chiefs in the north.