 Sun Yat-sen, a nationalist who did not view Manchuria as an integral part of China, offered it to Japan.Huang Xing was also willing to give up Manchuria, mentioning the "Eighteen Provinces" when asking for support from Japan.In a conference between the Manchurian revolutionaries, provincial assembly, Zhao Erxun, and officials, constitutionalist proposed that the Revolution was irresistible, but that Chinese people in Manchuria should not blindly join in the fight, and instead stand guard against Japan and Russia.