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Show Victory Won by People. Tho abdication of the Chinese throne by Pu Yl, the child emperor, brings to an end the powerful Manchu Man-chu dynasty which bas reigned In China sinre 1644. The boy ruler baa been on the throne since November, 1308, when tho Emperor Kwang Su, his uncle, died. Ills father, I'rlnre Chun, was appointed regent and was the chief figure in China for three years. Surrounded by a large number of princes of the Manchu clan and Manchu Man-chu offlclula with reactionary Ideas, the regent was brought fuce to face with a revolutionary movement In favor of modern reforms. He endeavored en-deavored to placate both parties, but ended by causing general dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion which led to bis resignation on December 6, 1911. The promise of a constitutional government made by tho dowager empress on her death bed In 190S was not fulfilled In any way until May lust year. In that month an Imperial Im-perial edict abolished the old grand council which, together with the court, held absolute power, and substituted sub-stituted a constitutional cabinet. Revolutionary ideaa bad been aprouding in the meantime and the southern provinces declared against the continuation of the Manchu rule and broke into open revolt. After much fighting the revolutionists proclaimed pro-claimed a republic at Nankin and Dr. Bun Yat Sen accepted the pres-Idency pres-Idency on December 29. Negotiations between the republicans republi-cans and the imperialists followed and an armistice was arranged. This was not strictly observed, but the negotiations continued with the result re-sult that the Manchu rulers, seeing that China proper waa almost entirely en-tirely in favor of the republican Idea and the the outlying dependencies of Tibet. Turkestan, Mongolia and Manchuria Man-churia were breaking away, decided that it was their best policy to yield to the popular demand and abdicate from power. |