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the War Lord of Kuang-tung, who is his fellow-
provincial: but the degree of his allegiance to the
Nanking clique of the Kuo-min-tang, to which he pays
lip-service, is not known and without doubt he also
is chiefly concerned to remain master in his own
province.
iii. In 1922 Marshal Tang Chi-yao became War
Lord of Yunnan and he maintained himself there in
independence of the rest of China. Under him from
September 1925, the province was ruled by five Generals, namely
(a) General Lung Yün, a Lolo, not a Chinese, in
command of the Yunnan-fu district in the centre;
(b) General Hu Jo-yi in command of Mengtsze dis-
trict in the south-east;
(c) General Chang Ju-yi in command of the Chaotung
district in the north-east;
(d) General Li Hsuan-t'ing in command of the east
of the province; and
(e) General Tang San, the Marshal's nephew, who
was Director General of the Military Training School.
But on the 7th February, 1927, Generals Lung, Hu and Chang conspired together and revolted against Marshal
Tang and his nephew. The latter was driven out of
the province and the former was obliged to abdicate
from his position as dictator and to agree to the
administration of the province being placed in the
hands of a Board of Deputies. A board of nine de-
puties was constituted on the 5th March, 1927; and
in it Generals Lung, Hu, Chang and Li had seats.
It assumed office on the 8th March with Marshal T'ang
as honorary