SUN-YAT-SEN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 12, 27 December 1911, Page 5

SUN-YAT-SEN.

MAY BE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE REPUBLC. A GREAT PROPO GANDIST. The most interesting figure in the civil war that is convulsing China at the present time is undoubtedly Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, the leader of the Revolutionary Party, and the head of the great body of anti-Manchurians who want to 'see the Manchu dynasty swept away and a republican form of government installed in its place. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen is a fugitive from his own land. For many years there !ms been a price of £IO,OOO upon Ins head, and although it is now reported that lie is returning to China, it is certain that if he does once more put foot in any of the ports of the great empire, every effort will be made to get hold of him. And if he is captured by the Government it is almost a foregone conclusion that ho will be beheaded. The only man in Sydney who knows anything of the personal side of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen’s life is Mr Tong Chai Chih, the able editor of the Chinese newspaper in Sydney, the “lung Wall Times.” Smart Man. “I have known Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen for many years,” said Mr Tong Chai Chih, “and have always been good friends. He is a man of about fifty years of age, and a doctor of medicine. Yon would call him a very smart man. Ho speaks English exceedingly well, and in his own language he is a careful, but clever, orator, who does not, as might lie supposed, preach blood and fire like some of the anarchists of Europe do. But he has always had revolutionary tendencies. Twenty years ago ho took part in the Tai Ping rebellion, and, although that was nota great success, the aftermath has proved that he must be a man of wonderful organising ability. Ho has not bad what you might call an exciting life. He has been a propagandist, pure and simple, and in the various parts of the world, in England and America, and the Straits Settlements and in Japan he has preached the doctrine that he believes, and he has got together vast sums of money to help the cause. Twelve years ago the doctor’s followers were wild adventurers from different quarters, not a few Japanese being among their number. The chief strength of the party lay in the various secret societies, and the movement lias steadily gained strength by the voluntary adherence of men of ability and position. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen recently returned to China and received a great ovation.