WAR IN CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 14 January 1925, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA.

i CHINA'S PRESIDENT. ; SUN VAT SEN TIPPED. i LONDON, January 1. The "Manchester Guardian's" Shanghai correspondent Bays that Dr. Sun Vat ; Son's reported arrival at Peking has not L yet been confirmed. ' Dr. Mo Soo, Sun Vat Sen's closest adherent, when interviewed, predicted ' that Sun Vat Sen would bo president of China within three months, as he ' was the only man capable of uniting 1 the country. While predictions in China are unreliable, the fact that for tho first time in Chinese foreign relations China has a supporter in her rights recovery movement, namely Russia, is certainly favourable to Sun Vat Sen. The rights recovery movement is paining momentum, as the. self-deter-mining movements in Turkey, India, and ; Kp*ypt are reacting on the Chinese, who I realise that if the country is united the ! fulliliiiont of the Washington promises j would be expedited. Thus Sun Vat Sen's reront programme for the revision of treaties and the minimisation of foreign rights .seem to offer a basis on which most of the factions could unite their personal ambitions. Fact ionium, however, forms an obstacle to voluntary unity, even upon a popular programme, especially in view of Japan's interests. Despite his personal unpopularity, Sun Vat Sen remains the central political figure capuble of securing the I necessary unity.