Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-07 | Page 20 | Li Yuan-Hung Issues Manifesto

Li Yuan-Hung Issues Manifesto TIKN T4IIN, June T (By A. P.) In I I a remarkable manlfeato telegraphed throughout tho country today, denounc-. denounc-. Ing scathingly tho military clique that i , hav reduced China to political Impo-' tence, 14 Yuan-Hung laid duwn Iho conditions under which ho was willing to acred to the request that ho assume as-sume the task of attempting to bean a! new centralised overnment In Pehtn. i 1,1 wa president of China In 117, when the presaur of militarists forced him, out of offlco. f Hefernng to tho numerous request; he had received to resume tho preal- dency, IA said the petitions had not . lef t hlm unmoved. He then recounted I what he termed his "sin against parliament" par-liament" for giving In to the militarists and dlaaolvlng It In 1 1 7. He apok of th ceaseleaa fighting In China In tho last decade, fearing It waa not yet I over. Wherein lay the root of all thla jatrlfe? He anawered that It could bo, found In the Tuchum, or system of pro- Ivlncial military governor. i He declared that China excelled all .other nation In poverty and In the, j also of th It armies. lH-tmndmsnt, h added. Invariably had been ''farcical." ''farci-cal." The people "cry aloud for vengeance ven-geance on the militarist." The Tuchun' 'system ho termed Vth negation of ' democracy rulnoua financially." Kf- j 'forts hitherto mado to abollah thoj Turhim hd brn futll-; thrjr mrly mricd undr othrr name. CASE OF SACRAFICE. Clthfr, h nald, th Tuchtina muftt nrrlflc tUa'mlve" or th nalton II -acir would amTlflce them. Thrre muat b no delay. Taking up th vnriouK trcumrntl , acalnat Immediate abolition of Tuch-una, Tuch-una, ha lnlti-.l that If th ihllltarlata war alnccra In :he!r dvalr to unit th nation It could b arcomllahad In tn duy. While warning th Turhun to ae the aign of the ttrnra, he gav aaauranr that thoae of them worth of oonalderntlon would receive liheral treatment from grateful countrymen. IA declared hlmeelf reluctant to re- ' turn to I'ckln, but aald he would under- : ta(t the reaponalblllty If all Tuchun land high Inspecting commlanloner would realgn Immedlalely, accompany- ling him no the capltul to confer on th , I welfare of China. "I am willing to aacrtflc mylf." ha added, "but If thla program be not ! adopted, the eitlnctlon of th nation 1 befor our eyea. it la my Inclination to alay until death in Tien Tain, my home. I hav nomor dealre to ae th peopl of th world. I am old. "What ambition I have la only thnt I long to ac reunion and would lay down my life to bring It about a duy earlier, a . a "If becaua you ennnnt hear to part with your own power and prtvtlegea, and continue to decelv youraelf aa to your own good Intentlona toward your country, there are other method than th one which you hav auggeated which you will hav to adopt to your pro- gram. You may go your own way, but 1 will go mine. I aay thla with teura m my yea." (Thla appe.il ' .:ly waa addreaaed to the Tuchutr". i I While tho Tuchuiiahlpa hav been attacked at-tacked for yeara, 11 Yuan-Hung'a denunciation de-nunciation waa altogether unexpected i and ha created aenaatlon. The re- . laulta of It ar awaited with th utmoat Inlereat.