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Show MONARCHY IN CHINA FAVORED BY PEOPLE Minister of Foreign Affairs Says Fifteen Fif-teen Out of Eighteen Provinces Have Voted That Way. , PEKIN, Nov. 6. Fifteen of the eighteen provinces of China are said by the government to have voted in favor of a monarchy. The minister of foreign affairs, Lu Shang lisiang, made this statement to M. Obata, secretary of the .Japanese legation, le-gation, in explaining why, in its opinion, opin-ion, the government could not legally defer the decision of the people concerning concern-ing the proposal to re-establish a monarchy. mon-archy. Tlie foreign minister contended that China was misrepresented by reports Ithat hasty action was contemplatetf and pointed to the advanced stage which the elections already had reached. He assured M. Obata that the Chinese gov-I gov-I eminent was consitlering the friendly J advice of the powers in the same spirit J in which it was offered. It is reported from a reliable source that the government may request the council of state, acting as parliament, to legalize a postponement of the : monarchical restoration should it final-j final-j ly be decided upon. . The French. British and Russian ministers min-isters have not asked China to explain I her reply, as it was considered bv them I to be satisfactory. |