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Show k El Tl SUE Republican Government t ! Is Being Established on Firm Basis. Shanghai. Jan. 6. Tho republican government Is assuming a very strong position and now consider that thc future of China Is entirely in its hands. The leaders believe that thc country is almost unanimously in favor of the republican movement and the regularly trained army will come over to their side almost to a man. The cabinet formed by Ur. Sun Ynt Sen today, announced tho terms it will offer to (lie Manchus on their submission. These are much moro generous than was at first believed would be thc case. They lqclude tho frco grant of the "Forbidden City" and tho summer palace in Peking, which are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition, they will be accorded llfo pensions and other concessions con-cessions togother with equality in citizenship and In tho holding of offices of-fices under the state. Tho good faith of the republicans is shown by tho fact that tho Manchus Man-chus in tho southern , provinces are now being supported, fed and clothed by tho revolutionaries and. any abuse of them Is severely punished by the republican government The cabinet nominated by President Sun Yat Sen is regarded generally as a strong one. Most of the persou-ages persou-ages named accepted tho portfolios offored them, but Wang Chung Wei declined that of foreign affairs. This, howover, is regarded here as a form of concession on his part to the seniority sen-iority of Dr. Wu Ting Fang, who In turn begs Wang Chung Wei to aq-copt aq-copt the post offered him. Wang Chung Wei is a graduate of Yale, London, Paris 'and Berlin, In all of which universities he passed with honors Ho Is an extraordinarily brilliant bril-liant lawyer. Persons well iriformpd regarding the plans of the revolutionary lead-era lead-era say that It is very likely that , Tang Shao Yi, who was sent- horc as the representative of Premier Yuan Shi Kal, at tho peace conference, but who was" later disavowed, eventually will accept office iq tho republican government In the same quarters it is asserted that the risings ampng the imperial government .troops at Lnn-chow Lnn-chow and .other places.! in thenortti arc only a part of a general schomo of revolt against the government The entire Chinese army, it Is declared, must soon join In tho revolution. The whole of the pulation of the provinces pro-vinces of Chi Li nnd Shan Tung, it la believed, are also prepared to rise at an opportuno moment. Absolute confidence prevails among tho leaders of the revolution that tho position of the Peking government and of Premier Yuan Shi Kai is a hopeless one. Yuan Shi Kai, thej saj-, ls in reality a prisoner" in Peking, Pek-ing, where, his life Is In danger. President Sun YoL Sen says that his main desire now is for peace and prompt recognition of thc Chjncsc republic re-public by the foreign powers. Tho belligerency of the republican government gov-ernment will, he believes, promptly put an end to the hopeless struggle, now being carried on by the old government, gov-ernment, and will permit the country and tho outside world to reap the benefit of thc changed conditions. Yuan Shi Kal Criticised. Tokio, Jan. G. Premier Yuan Shi Kal's attitude toward the peace conference con-ference between tho revolutionaries and tho imperialists at Shanghai is criticised in some quarters' here as an Inexcusable disregard of the foreign for-eign powers who have committed themselves to render benevolent assistance as-sistance in expediting the restoration of peace in China. In other quarters, however, tho explanation is given lh0 Premier Yuan Shi Kai's first idea was to decide on the form of government for China by a nntlpnal convention composed of membprs duly elected. He had an edict issued to that effect but, finding that a concession even to this extent was unsatisfactory to the revolutionists, the premier found himself him-self pressed to the Inst extremity. At this stage four incldonts occurred which encouraged him to stand up for a constitutional monarchy. Tho first was the resolution pf thc .Mongol princes presenting their allegiance to the reigning dynasty. The-- second was the memorial from imperial generals, gen-erals, refusing to submit to p, republic. repub-lic. Thc third was that thc members of the national assembly in Poking, although thoy did not form a quorum, declared against a republican form of government Tho fourth wa6 tho prospect of securing money to carry on the operation of suppressing the revolution, made posslblo by thc empress em-press dowager's donation or a considerable consid-erable sum. Prompted fv these, facts, Premier Yuan Shi Kai became definnU Well informed quartors here. jiowever, maintain a belief that it Is totally Impossible for Premier Yuan'ShI Kai r.nisr fmiflB oiiouch to carry on effective military operatlonn.' "Should hostilities be resumed, it is tho opinion opin-ion of those well Informed porsonagos that thev will never go boyond skinu-; skinu-; ishing. both sides being hard pressed I for monev. Thc powers for the present pres-ent are simply watching further developments de-velopments of thc Bituatlon. nio pour parlours have not yet taken place for deciding tlielr futqro attitude. |
