Resuscitated

To prove that he is alive (TIME, May 19), Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Canton Tuchun (War Lord), exiled for ten years the Chinese editor responsible for the false report of his death.

Dr. Sun was ill at the time of the death report, but he was stated, during the past week, to be recovering. To a reporter, he said: "I have been deeply moved by the manifestations of sympathy which the false report of my death has elicited from the American people. I interpret this less as a personal tribute than evidence of continued American interest in the great processes of change and national readjustment with which I have been identified since and before the Chinese revolution of 1911-12."

Later, to prove that his fighting qualities were unimpaired, he berated foreign Powers for interfering in Chinese affairs and blamed them and them alone, for the present chaotic Chinese conditions.

He then added: "I declare that as long as the Powers, including the American Government, persist in recognition of the Wu Pei Fu clique as the Chinese Government, there will and must be disorder and strife in China.

"I beg for no assistance at the hands of foreign Powers but, as the founder of the new order in China I have the right to demand neutrality of foreign Powers in our internal affairs. Otherwise the day may come when harassed China may be the hand to set afire another world conflagration!"