HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Yuan Shikai, Tongmenghui, Song Jiaoren
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Sun had been appointed director of railways. c)in december 1912 elections were held for parliament. Song jiaoren persuaded 4 smaller groups to join the tongmeng hui to form the guomindang or nationalist party (which was sun"s party). The guomindang won more seats than other parties. 1913 the guomindang had a majority in parliament and sung campaigned for. Sung was assassinated in march 1913. d)in april 1913 yuan obtained a massive loan (25 million pounds) from a foreign banking consortium - without the consent of parliament. Sun and others opposed this which led to a break down of relations between yuan and the revolutionaries. e)in june/july 1913 7 provinces declared independence - this was the second. Yuan accepted most of them. e)in 1915/16 japan opposed yuan"s attempt to re-establish the monarchy. President could designate his successor: there then began a supposedly spontaneous movement to re-create the monarchy. This culminated in a petition in dec. 1915 by representatives of the provinces that.
