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Show YUAN SHI KA1 SENDS MESSAGE 10 SENATE I Firs! President Proclaims the Principles of the Chinese Chi-nese Republic. PEKTN Asail fusil BJbl Kai, president presi-dent of the "hlnee republic, delivered hiK ftrl presidential meSSMga today at the opening of the session of the advlsoi-y I Council, which !. p radically a pioiislonai 1 e:iatc 1 The president proclaimed that tn piln- iple of the new Chinese governnment 1 must be the inaiiitenan- of order In the. I territory, the achievement of progress land the retention of external friendship which n:e necessary to the existence of i China. The attitude of for elan power?, he said, ha I beer, auch as to merit the gratitude of t'hlna. The people, he said, should rejoice ovei the establishment of a republic repub-lic after thousands of yeurs of dcipot-i dcipot-i lcm. The most Important nwTier at pieaent. the president aid. was fiiian--e. ForcisTii apl'.al waa essential to China and the government wa drafting the principles of !, financial reform. M negotiating with the powers for an Increase of the Isjutoms duties and the abolition of the , likln oc transit t.i'i and the reduction ! of the export taxes. . b which means I the Income from the maritime and native tay.s would be Increased to MS 000,000 from the present total of 180,800.000, The Increase, be said, would suffice to pay for the amortization of the foreign lands. I He- hoped the railroad and other loans I would pay for themselves. Pt mime the loan lee government would, he said, issue short treasury bonds, |