南北和议中围绕北方总代表王揖唐的舆论之争

The Public Opinion War Centered on the North General Representative Wang Yi-tang during the North-south Peace Conference

1917年护法战争爆发后,南北两个政权对峙的局面形成。双方交战一年多,一直僵持不下。1919年,在国内外因素的催生下,南北双方派代表召开了南北和平会议,简称"南北和议"。然而,和议因种种利益纠葛先后停顿两次。北京政府在议和总代表朱启钤辞职返京后,又派安福系主战派王揖唐为议和总代表,遭到军政界人士、普通民众等多方的反对或支持。于是,围绕反对还是支持王揖唐任北方总代表,展开了一场舆论之争,各方的态度透露出和议失败的根本原因。

In 1917, after the outbreak of the constitution defending war, a situation of two regimes confrontation between north and south was formed. The two sides were at war for more than one year, and deadlocked. In 1919,Propelled by factors at home and abroad, both north and south sides sent representatives to the North-south Peace Conference, abbreviated for ＂Nan-bei He-yi＂. However, for a variety of benifit quarrels, the conference was broken off for twice successively. After the peace negotiation general representative Zhu Qi-qian resigned and went back to Beijing, the Beijing government, again, sent Wang Yi-tang who was the hawk of the An-fu Group to be the peace negotiation general representative, however, it was opposed or support by people from military and political field, and ordinary people from all walks of life, many opposition or support. Thus, centering on this topic, a public opinion war was launched, the attitudes of these people, revealed the fundamental failure reason of the peace negotiation.