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Updated: June 21, 2025

The conflict between North and South looms much larger in the United States than it did in China. This does not mean, however, that democratic opinion thinks nothing has been gained. The demonstration of the inherent weakness of corrupt militarism will itself prevent the development of any militarism as complete as that of the Anfus.

John Dewey - China, Japan and the U.S.A. : Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference

They succeeded in getting Japan into control of Peking and getting China, politically speaking, into a seemingly hopeless state of corruption and confusion. The militaristic or Pei-Yang party was, however, divided into two factions, each called after a province. The Anwhei party gathered about little Hsu and was almost identical with the Anfus.

John Dewey - China, Japan and the U.S.A. : Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference