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Show WILL TRY NEW PLAN. The announced intention of the Chinese Chi-nese now in control of the decayed oriental country to restore a monarchical form of government ha? aroused opposition oppo-sition in influential quarters, and it is doubtful if Fuch a government could obtain ob-tain recognition. At least that seems to be the view in Peking among those who ought to know. In order to avoid possible complications it is now proposed pro-posed to make the presidency or dictatorship dicta-torship hereditary, which is merely "whipping the devil around the stump. ' 1 Tt would result in a monarchical mon-archical form of government without the name and objections would still lie against it. Old Yuan Shi Kai is very clever and has so far been able to hold his own, but he seems to have overreached over-reached himself in trying to don the royal purple. |