Two official document written in Chinese appointing Sir Frederick Maze as advisor to the National Board of Reconstruction and advisor to the Headquarters Sun Chuanfang.
Two Chinese documents addressed to Maze First document :Literal translation:
Letter of Appointment of the National Board of Reconstruction of the Republic of China, No. 134.
This is to appoint yours truly as the advisor of this Board.
To Mr. Frederick Maze
Chairman Zhang Renjie (seal of Zhang)
25 Day of the 8 Month of the 17 Year of the Republic of China (seal of the National Board of Reconstruction of the Republic of China)
Second document: Literal translation: Letter of Appointment of the Headquarters of the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi, No. 7830. This is to appoint Frederick Maze to be an Advisor to the Headquarters
Sun Chuanfang (seal of Sun [official title: Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi])
20 Day of the 11 Month of the 15 Year of the Republic of China (seal of Sun’s headquarters)
Formerly MAZ/7
Administrative / biographical background
When the Nationalist forces captured Beijing in June 1928, it claimed the end of the Northern Expedition and the formation of a national government, with Nanjing as the capital. During the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists invited Maze, by then the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service in Shanghai, to serve as the Inspector General in the South, so that the Nationalists could tap the revenue of the Services in cities that were under their control, particularly Shanghai. Maze, however, reject the offers in view of the possibility of a break up of the Customs Service. When the Nationalists nominally unified the country in 1928, the Nationalists invited Maze to become an advisor of the National Board of Reconstruction in August. He then became the Inspector General of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service in December 1928. Second document contents: In late 1925, Sun Chuanfang, a Zhili-Clique warlord who controlled Zhejiang, formed the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi and attacked the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin’s forces at Shanghai and Jiangsu. Sun then established himself in these five provinces and became one of the strongest warlords in China. In August 1926, the Nationalist Government at Guangdong started the Northern Expedition against the “warlords,” and Sun Chuanfang was one of its targets. In November, Sun’s forces were fighting against the Nationalist forces at Jiangxi. Exploring the possibility of tapping the revenue of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service, it was natural for Sun to establish a closer tie with Maze.
Letter of Appointment of the National Board of Reconstruction of the Republic of China, No. 134.
This is to appoint yours truly as the advisor of this Board.
To Mr. Frederick Maze
Chairman Zhang Renjie (seal of Zhang)
25 Day of the 8 Month of the 17 Year of the Republic of China (seal of the National Board of Reconstruction of the Republic of China)
Second document: Literal translation: Letter of Appointment of the Headquarters of the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi, No. 7830. This is to appoint Frederick Maze to be an Advisor to the Headquarters
Sun Chuanfang (seal of Sun [official title: Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi])
20 Day of the 11 Month of the 15 Year of the Republic of China (seal of Sun’s headquarters)
Formerly MAZ/7
Administrative / biographical background
When the Nationalist forces captured Beijing in June 1928, it claimed the end of the Northern Expedition and the formation of a national government, with Nanjing as the capital. During the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists invited Maze, by then the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service in Shanghai, to serve as the Inspector General in the South, so that the Nationalists could tap the revenue of the Services in cities that were under their control, particularly Shanghai. Maze, however, reject the offers in view of the possibility of a break up of the Customs Service. When the Nationalists nominally unified the country in 1928, the Nationalists invited Maze to become an advisor of the National Board of Reconstruction in August. He then became the Inspector General of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service in December 1928. Second document contents: In late 1925, Sun Chuanfang, a Zhili-Clique warlord who controlled Zhejiang, formed the Allied Army of the Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi and attacked the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin’s forces at Shanghai and Jiangsu. Sun then established himself in these five provinces and became one of the strongest warlords in China. In August 1926, the Nationalist Government at Guangdong started the Northern Expedition against the “warlords,” and Sun Chuanfang was one of its targets. In November, Sun’s forces were fighting against the Nationalist forces at Jiangxi. Exploring the possibility of tapping the revenue of the Chinese Maritimes Customs Service, it was natural for Sun to establish a closer tie with Maze.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MAZ/1/3; MAZ/7 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1926-11-20 - 1928-08-25 |
| Creator: | Maze, Frederick William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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