Although the Republic of China was chaotic, what was remarkable about defending the national territory?

1 91265438+1October1,Sun Yat-sen announced to the world in his declaration of assuming the post of interim president of the Republic of China: the foundation of the country lies in the people, the Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Hui nationalities are combined, and all the Tibetan areas are one country. ?

At that time, the unstable Republic of China was still facing the crisis of being carved up by foreign powers. In particular, the British colluded to cultivate upper-level separatists in Tibet, and they were not satisfied with obtaining Tibet's vested interests from the Qing government. First, it jumped out to engage in conspiracy activities in an attempt to realize its dream of occupying Tibet with diplomatic recognition of the newly born Republic of China as bait.

19 12 March 10, Yuan Shikai became the interim president of the Republic of China after Sun Yat-sen, strengthened the central government, and actively safeguarded China's sovereignty over Mongolia and Tibet. In the presidential decree issued on April 22, he clearly declared: At present, the five ethnic groups are in harmony, and whenever Mongolia and Tibet belong to the territory of the Republic of China, they belong to all ethnic groups in the Republic of China. ? All local politics will be internal affairs in the future. ? This is the first order to defend Tibet and other sovereignty during Yuan Shikai's short presidency of the Republic of China.

Faced with the resolute attitude of the government of the Republic of China to defend the territorial integrity of the country, Britain was furious. On the one hand, it sent a note to the government of the Republic of China through its ambassador to China, John Newell Jordan, publicly refusing to recognize the statement on Tibet's sovereignty in the presidential decree of the government of the Republic of China, and then made? Handmade? Simla Sino-British Tibet Conference? .

Chen Yifan? Initial? The content is sent back to China. The Government of the Republic of China immediately telegraphed (ordered) Chen Yifan to immediately announce: First, cancel the first draft. Second, it does not recognize all the treaties and documents secretly signed by McMahon and Tibetan representatives. At the same time, the government of the Republic of China instructed the ambassador to Britain to explain to the British government that the China government does not recognize the covenants or similar documents signed by Tibet without commitments.

Faced with the condemnation of the people of China and fair international public opinion, the British government at that time had to admit that the Simla meeting did not produce any agreement to which the China government was a party. ? McMahon line? McMahon himself, the initiator, had to admit: I'm very sorry that I couldn't get the China government to formally sign the trilateral agreement before I left India. ?

No matter how Yuan Shikai became president, no matter how he performed later, he was the third president of the Republic of China. Order? , successfully defended China's territory of Tibet, although his credit can't be completely recorded in his personal head, but he really contributed.