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Show '' AIMS GIVE I1J0PE0PLE DYNASTY WHICH HAS LASTED NEARLY THREE CENTURIES PASSES INTO HISTORY. New China, With Four Hundred Million Mil-lion Subjects, Begins Career aa a Republic Upon Surrender of the Throne by Child Emperor. Pekln. China baa Joined the elaterhood of the world'a republics. In three Imperial edicts tho Manchu dynasty on Monday changed 400,000,-000 400,000,-000 subjocts of an absolute ruler to cltUens of the largest self governing nation on the earth. The first edict announced tho abdication ab-dication of the dynasty after 300 years of absolute rule, the second declared that the throne accepted the republic, and the third approved all the conditions agreed on by Premier Pre-mier Yuan Shi Kal and the republicans. repub-licans. The third edict created great astonishment, as-tonishment, it had been expected that the Manchus would demand conditions which would safeguard mnny,of tbelr privileges, but according accord-ing to the proclamation the surrender surren-der Is unconditional. The edict informed in-formed the viceroys and provincial governors of the retirement of the throne from politcal power and instructed in-structed them to continue doing their duty and to preserve order throughout the land. It declared that the step taken by the throne was In order to meet the wishes of the peo- j t)le. i |