The Foreign Troops And The Political Situation In Guangdong In The Reign Of Northern Warlords(1913～1925)

In the Reign of Northern Warlords(1913～1925), The foreign troops is a importantphenomena in Guangdong which became the origin place and base area of democraticrevolution soon again after the Chinese Revolution of 1911 Led. Many foreign troopsalso entered into Guangdong successively. And they became the pioneer power in thecompetition of scrabbling for Guangdong and influenced the political situation ofGuangdong to large degree.There are more than ten foreign troops, for example, Longjiguang's Army,Guangxi Army, Yunnan Army, Pro-law Navy and so on, entered into Guangdongsuccessively at this time. It made the political situation in Guangdong show thecharacteristic itself of controlling by the foreigners, such as Longjiguang, the oldclique of Guangxi, who had powerful strength, had ever dominated the politics ofGuangdong. Some of the foreign troops gave energetic support to Sun Yat-sen whenthey entered into Guangdong, they did important contribution especially to SunYat-sen's three-times set up political power in Guangzhou. This largely acceleratedthe course of the democratic revolutionary. But there were also quite part of foreigntroops who hardly get rid of the inherent qualities of warlord be divided againstthemselves for the sake of power and profit. Their antagonisms induced the SunYat-sen' revolutionary career suffered from setback. It is obvious that the differencepolitical positions and complicated components of the foreign troops, who hadcountless ties with Southwest warlord, Northern Warlords Government and therevolutionary forces headed by Sun Yat-sen, largely affected the strength of eachpower. It made the political position in Guangdong at the state of confusion, complex,and queasy in the Reign of Northern Warlords.