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Political affairs ¹

^1.Continued from Foreign Relations, 1917, pp. 46–113.

Contents

Conciliatory policy of Acting President Feng Kuo-chang; opposition of Northern military elements; participation in the World War; resignation of Sun Yat Sen as generalissimo of Southern Military Government; reorganization of Southern Military Government; looting in the Province of Hunan by Northern and Southern troops; joint protest of the American, British, and Japanese Ministers; election of Hsü Shih-ch’ang as President; peace proposals; encouragement by the American, British, French, Italian, and Japanese Governments to settle difficulties (Documents 80–111)