Show PRESIDENT l' l S Of CHINA IS INAUGURATED Dr Sun Yat Sen TaKes Oath f. f f as 85 Head of the New Republic CHANGE OF CALENDAR b FIRST OFFICIAL ACT Chinese New Year Hereafter Here Here- after to Be Same as asS asin S in America 1 i I i i-H-i i I i-i i rH 4 V 4 SA G China ChiDa Jan 2 oj y t 4 Pr President Sun SUD Yat Sen's Sens cabi cabi- 4 y t Dot act is IS as ai follows y 5 Vice Vicc president Li Lt Huen 4 v r Hans Banff S SL 7 L Finance minister minister Chin Chin Chiu 4 y Tao T 1 aud war wu minister minister- t oo y i 4 T Attorn Attorney Y Dr Wu y i Tine raD Fang V f Foreign minister Wang 1 y 4 1 chung Wei v r Marino minister Captain Captain y i I Van Wang T 4 Chief Chic of staff taff General Hau Hati T v I K H r I China Jan Tan 2 2 Dr Sun Yd B Sen en a to today y t took ok th the hc oath of oc office Ome i U 1 g provisional president of ot tho the republic c 0 of at China ciu and was formally Invested with the tha powers power of at thief chief executive t The ceremony was waa simple b but t ned fled ed It wa was attended by all the J rient ent men of at the revolutionary p party Dr Sun who is well wen known in Americ Amer Amer- l tic ic C and Europe after his arrival in inI I Shanghai some ten days daya ago wa was 8 elected president by the national assembly assem- assem bly of ar reformers representing the provo pro laces jince of at China Ohina proper then in session r there by an aIm almost st unanimous ulI vote V. V Bis proposed cabinet comprises 5 Dr Wu Tin Tine Ia ai t. t SiD Sing Sine and Li Huen Huen Yeng all aU of whom are aie in the front fyOn rank Tank of of tho reform government f J The first official act ct of Dr Sun SUD YatI Yat lat I Se Een was to change o the tho Chinese calen- calen dar aar Ho He made mad New Years d day y the first t day of his presidency thus m marking the commencement of a n now new V era ant and mak ing ine the Chinese year car be begin in henc henceforth forth t on the tho same day as the year be IDa in most other countries of the world i Accompanied d b by a lar lareo e suite euite and andI I r pro protected teet cd b by a tron strong frong boh bodyguard Dr t Sun Yat Sen left Shan Shanghai hai in a special train for Nankin The trip was ma made e V without incident except for the tho t ai m of the greeting accorded to the b n. n now new w president at all the prin principal eta sta- I Dr Dr lS Un n reached hed tow the capi- capi 1 tal lal at In the eV evening and was cheering Many tany greeted with loud Jond ch promInent promInent prom- prom men roen among the tho revolutionaries met him at t the station statton and ac accompanied him 1 to tho the government house the route to C t which was wai lined by soldiers The Tho Thor r town was ben ged the the- warships s and merchant vessels along the the river ship hip and a R. presidential aal was wap fired fird from the tha guns gUllS of oC all the tortIn torte tort fortain in the vicinity r The The- government hou house houf wa watt was reached at 7 j The gates the Inner avenues Jt and the courtyards surrounding It were I decorated with lIh of colored elec alec Inc JI ht Y v- v Dr hr tin ln was M In a a. khaki uni- uni fc r. r l lIe He held a 11 reception which wa M Mt t aUen attended by the tho governors gO general Jeneral and p other hl high h officials t In the the- audience chI chamber delegates representing rep- rep resenting eighteen provinces pro of China proper r took up tp th their lr positions around und a liaised i d platform When Dr Sun Jn entered Tall 11 bowed their heads beads Th Th Th- president president- elect proceeded to the central platform Sand and there took th the s oath of office Outlines Plans of ot Republic S Afterward he lie delivered an In he promised to the to establish re-establish peace acc t to pro- pro moto trade and to devote ote hI his entire en- en to th the Chinese nation and to aid f the Chinese people to r realize 81 IE their as- as It I- I f. f When the tho had finally 4 4 abdicated and peace was restored d to the 1 nation he would he ho said J resign his pro- pro r vif tonal office 2 L L' The chairman of the d delegates from flom the pro Jn provinces ls then handed the new pre president S 'S th the seat seal of office President Sun th then n delivered a a. lengthy Y address In the form torm of ot a proclamation In this he announced that a strong central government would be bs organized the then eni entire en- en nI i tire administration 6 system lItem remodeled and reorganized and a parliament ment representative tive of the people elected The provinces inces Ince he ho said aid would be autonomous as aJ r regard local affairs and nd each would select se se- S lect Its Us own governor go S The army and navy would be made na na- iron end and be b und under r th the tho control con cori- con con- of ot the central parliament which would also deal eal with the finances of th th country Th The whole hol fiscal system would ba t readjusted a but he was wan sure the Ini income In- In i come o of ot th the country was 31 sufficient to II d rg Us HI liabilities 1 s and to defray ordinary or- or 1 nary expenses I After ln many details debITs n All t tn o his histo to for the d. of the ye r of or China Chin President Sun rl referred ferr d the relations of China with forel foreign h t countries Ho c expressed on bh behalf lf of tho the new ew republic th th feeling of thankfulness that prevailed rev J at the consistent neutral neutral- ity of the foreign nations ij He HI laid ald that t he e feeling which 1 had pi pre pre- e- e lv existed would ouId not ot appear In the i MW China Expects ta General Support r The government o nt he concluded was 1 ri- ri to the will III of ot tho people pe-ople and b h. h w. w wu assured that unit unity would prevail mon All the provinces In supporting the I 1 1 t D ly doing Its duty dub u as a nation ha hoped that the new S WO bp be J In n the council o of nations nation and S 1 be Ie Hl promise 1 that thal the for foreign len pol pol- Icy o h his III government o would be he conducive i. i 0 n to the C I Cc of tho world I f f inet The Ol of the republican cab lah b be tomorrow There t to yeu Cery that I LI 11 I Probability HU linen Huen n Heng the fJ republican commander f In v chief f will b becom e vie i ic pre president while whitt Genera 1 be he selected 5 d Dremler and r Wt 1 Ting In ran Fang will retain the t port- port of foje affairs which 1 was 5 handed hande lo him the o at th tima of ot t the e formation of t P onn ca cabinet I |