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General Wang I-t'ang was born at He-fei Hsien, Anhui province, in 1877. He was a Metropolitan Graduate under the Ching regime. During 1907-8 he served as Military Councillor to Hsu Shih-chang who was then Viceroy of Manchuria. For a time he also commanded troops at Fengtien. Later he accompanied Minister Tai Hungtze to Russia to attend the coronation of Czar. He spent two years touring in European countries and also in America before he returned to China. When he was in Germany, he studied military science. Upon returning to Peking, he passed an examination held for returned students and was then sent to Japan to pursue higher education. After the First Revolution, General Wang through the introduction of Hsu Shih-chang, joined the secretariat of Yuan Shih-kaia When Yuan Shih-kai came to terms with the southern leaders regarding the cancellation of the Nanking Provisional government, General Wang was one of the four representatives sent to interview prominent persons at