As reported (TIME, Dec. 10), Dr. Sun Yat-Sen spoke so loudly about making Canton a free port and seizing the customs there, that the Diplomatic Corps in Peking, anxious about foreign debts to China, heard him. The next act was obvious.
Parties of marines, armed with machine guns, landed from some of the nine foreign battleships lying off Canton, and seized the Customs House.
Admiral Leveson, British Commander-in-Chief, and the French Admiral Frochet called upon Sun Yat-Sen and explained the situation to him. Dr. Sun promised non-interference...
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