Show CHINA S PRESIDENT REVIVESOLD FAITH Yuan Shi Kai Worships Heaven at Famous Old Circular Altar PEKXN Dec "3 Pres dent luan Shi Kai at sunrise today appeared before be-fore the altar of heaven m the Ch nese city and received the woish p of heaven at the w nter solst ce an ob ser anco neglected t nee the pass ng of the Manchu dynasty n 1911 In th s the pres dent of the republ c took up on himself a funet on an 1 r te wh h in the past always has been reserved to the emperor of Ch na in h s capac ty of Tien Tsz or Son of Heaven The pres dent today -norshped at the famous circular altar the most m portant of all the Ch nese rel g ous structures It s located n a sacred park three m les trom the palace of the emperors and s surounded by sacred bu ldmgs Th s altar formerly was regarded m Ch na as the center ot the universe Yuan Shi Kai submitted a. bill to the Ch nese adm mstrat ve counc 1 n Jan uary of th a year prescr b ng the wor sh p of heaven and of Confuc us for the pres dent of China and the meas use was passed by the counc 1 This act was regarded as tantan ount to es tab! sh uc a state rehg on for Ch na Dur ng the del berat ons of the co nc 1 at the Temple of Confuc us and at the Temple of Heaven ann ally as had been the c stom of the Ch nese en Eerors Today s funct on appears to e a carrv ng out of the purposes then set forth |