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Show WU TINQ FAN OU,T(,w "",, 'r .- .Fqp.A,n.EpyBL(6 ' ExChnee Mjnlster- ,.,tof Washington Formally Announces Fact Outlines Out-lines Reforrner'j'P.lens-rPeiVioiijIly Favored. Iflmltedjonarchy. I ShunHhal.Noi-v J.-r)t.3 ,YCW,lnj; Fang, uhq ha4f,b,eep -cbdsun. d.Jrectqr of foreign utfclr ln; tho. .refqrin gov-Uumcntestabllsheo,1by gov-Uumcntestabllsheo,1by the. revolutionist. revolu-tionist. In Uy;4prqvlnctfOf Kangiu, today guo a statement to tho' Associated Asso-ciated i'rcHR .in which he announced his adherence, to.-het , movement , designed de-signed to establish a Republican form of government In China., Ut. Wu Ting Vang has twice occupied occu-pied the office; of Chinese minister to the United States, ,ln which country ho beenme widely known. He was first sent to Washington in 1897, remaining re-maining thiTc until 1902, when, ho, was recalled. He returned to" the same poet (n 1907 and was again recalled In-1909. 'to jmI'I For a time he npdrarud 'ato have been relegated permanently to private life, but In August, 1910, he was mnde councillor to tho Chinese foreign office. of-fice. His a.dvnnced Ideas have not always al-ways harmonized with the Imperial policy nnd It has been no Becret thnt recently he has not wholly sympathized sympathiz-ed with the throne. Ho Is tho most important figure that has "appeared on the revolutionary Btnge during tho last few days. Rumors that Wu Ting Fnng had espoused the rebel cause was received with Incredulity. When -the rebels proclaimed a provisional pro-visional government at Shanghai he whs randu head of the foreign bureau, but tho appointment was not taken seriously and as late as yesterday he declined to acknowledge any participation- In the revolutionary administration adminis-tration His attitude as formally announced an-nounced today Ib expected to have n. fnr-renchlpg Influence. : Plan Outlined. At his lesldcnce within the foreign settlement of Shanghai, Dr. W'n outlined out-lined the plans nnd hopes of the reformers re-formers In Chlnn. Wen Tsung Vou, formerly imperial resident nt Lhassa,! who hns been appointed assistant director di-rector of the foreign "affairs In the ' new government, was present when the1 statement was made. Dr Wu said that while he was loath to- neecpt office and' hesitated because be-cause of Its former close connection with the Mnnchu government, he was now pinctlcally forced to aid tho cause of China. He announced that ChMig TcChuan, the governor at Sou Chow nnd formerly governor to come over to the reformers, bnd been elected elec-ted governorof the entile province of Kinngsu. Cheng TeChuan, ho satd, was a strong man and would be able to control con-trol tbe rebels and guarantee order nnd the safety of foreigners. Ninety per ccut of the population, he said, was supporting the present status. |