January 20, 1918 (Dimba eighth day of the twelfth lunar month) southwest warlords "Custodian of the provinces of the Republic of China Federation.

southwest provinces, autonomous warlords to confront the military government to Sun Yat-sen, chaired tissue factory in Guangzhou "Custodian of the Federation. At first, the purpose of of the the Cen Chunxuan planning to set up the the southwest provinces Federation "is an attempt to please the Feng Guozhang future crowding Sun Yat-sen, they can prepare instead. However, Cen Xuan dare not announced out of the military government. So southwest warlords refused. 20, 2009,
1918 Southwest Army modified the the southwest provinces Federation Prospectus, a separate organization outside the military government of an independent "Republic of China the Custodian provinces Federation agreed by Cen spring planting conferences and total representatives of Tang Shaoyi total fiscal representatives, Wu Ting-fang diplomatic chief representative of Tang Jiyao, Cheng Biguang, the Lu Rongting as military chief representative of. The port internal contradictions, with the resolute opposition of the Sun Yat-sen et al, shortly after the establishment was canceled.