Chapter I: Foreword: BY

FRITZ MORSTEIN MARX

FIRST EDITION

HYPERION PRESS, INC.
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony, 1913-1966.
Government in republican China.

Reprint of the 1st ed. published by McGraw-Hill,
New York, in series: McGraw-Hill studies in political science.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
I. Title.
DS775.L48 1973 320.9'51'04 73-888
ISBN 0-88355-081-4

Published in 1938
by The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York
Copyright 1938 by The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

First Hyperion reprint edition 1973

Library of Congress Catalogue Number 73-888

ISBN 0-88355-081-4

Printed in the United States of America

_Dedicated with filial affection_
_to_

PAUL MYRON WENTWORTH LINEBARGER

United States Judge in the Philippines,
Counselor to and Biographer of President
Sun Yat-sen, Formerly Legal Adviser to
the National Government of China