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Show ' mmm of CHINESE MASSES TONEWREPUBLiG H n -f- PEKING, Fob 1-1, 12' 40 a. H m. Tho indlfferenco of tho fl Chlneso massos to the form of H -f- government 1b ovident In tho V -t- capital. H -f- They accopt tho news of tho f republic without any demon- Hj 4- stxatlon, either favorable or H unfavorable. Thero Is not tho H 4 slightest dlfforonco apparent on H 4- tho streets The police did 4- H 4- not Instruct the peoplo to hang 4- H out flacs in coloration of the H 4- now regime and therefore no - H . -f bunting was displayed. 1 J Hl Owing to tho preparations for tho H Chinese new year, on February IS, tho H) peoplo at no tlmo havo taken the Hl abdication of tho throne into consld- Hj oration, except the probabilities of the H troops marring the holiday festivals H There are 30,000 troops In Poking Hl or stationed around the city walls. H Their discipline always has been lax H and it is now less stringent than cvor Hl and this fact now makes loitering H possible. H Nevertheless, Yuan Shi Kal Is ox- H pectcd to avert this. Hl Chineso office holders are confi- H dent that Yuan Shi Kal controls the Hj political situation and belioves that Hj ! the couth will accept what he offers, Hj The south, however, has not yet H i signified Its acceptance of the pro- H) ' posed coalition. H 1 Yuan, Shi Kai officially informed H tho foreign legations here today that H ' . tho throno has instructed him to form K I a republican government which for Hl i the time being will continue lo ho Hl ' carried on with his former cabinet. H Did Not Affect the Briton, j LONDON, Feb. 13. The revolutlon- H ary rising at Wei Hal Wot, Shantung province, which was reported yester- H day to the British foreign office by H the minister at Peking, is outsldo of H British territory H Several towns In the district have H I opposed control by Irresponsible rcv- H J olutlonlsts, with the result that there H has been considerable lighting and H i much bloodshed. Hundreds of revo- H J lutlonary sympathizers havo been K I tortured or killed. Tho missionaries H have been recalled and British ma. H rlnes aro now patroling the frontier. H Japanese Press Comment. V j TOKlO, Feb. 13. The press com- B ment on the abdication of tho Chl- H neso emperor Is deeply sympathetic. H It is agreed, however, that abdlca- H tion was the inevitable outcome of H tlie revolutionary situation. H Yunn's Statement. H i SHANGHAI. Feb 13. Yuan Shi Kai K has sent n telegram addressed "To H the president, vice-president, minls- H tcr and national assembly at Nan- H king;" in v.'hich he says H "A republic Is the best form of gov- H ernment recognized by tho world. Its -.r- establishment is really due to your ef- Hp ' forts.. With a minimum shedding of Hj blood, tho doslred end has been reach- H cd. We must not allow the oxlst- H I enco of a monarchical form of gov. H ernment in China. I am desirous of H coming south to give greetings and H receive guidance from you, but In H view of tho difficulties, please ex- H cuso me. You have, I am sure, form- H ulatcd a plan for a united govern- H ment. Please lot me know what Hl measures you havq taken," H New Republic Is Ching Wa. j WASHINGTON. Feb 13. The H Ching Wha republic is the official H name of the Chinese republic. Ching H Hvva means Chinese. H l'onuai anujtincement of the jiaas- H Ing ol the Ta Ching dynasty, which H has ruled China for about three hun- H dred ears, and the erection of a mod- H em republic on its ruins, was made H ;t the stato department today by the H ; Chlnose legation, v.-hlch supplied hi- H formation from Peking to the follov H ing general effect H "Whllo tho republican edict Is be- H 'ng published, all foreign ministers H shall act provisionally as diplomatic H representatives aud continue to per- H form their duties as horctofoic H All members of tho legation 3talT H and consular officers (In America) H temporarily shall lctaln their rcspec. H t!ve 'posts. H It Is not known here if the appoint- Hl ment of Alfred Sze lo he minister to H Washington, v.-hlch was made In tho H last days of the tottering dynasty, will H I stand, and tho belief is that he will B j give placa to some pronounced ropub- H licanB. 1 J Tho state department will instruct t I its officials in China to do business Hl In a provisional way with Yuan Shi H I Kal in tho north and President Sun R i in tho south, until a completp fusion H i of the two elements is affected, when H ' the regular government of all China 1 will be duly recognized. . England In Sympathy With U.S. Vlewe M LONDON, Fob. 13. The British Hl government has been enabled to show Hl its sympathy with the views of tho H United Stat.6 government in regard H to China in substantial manner by H prevailing on Japan to postpone loans H to Chinese companies, the proceeds of H which might reach either the repub- Hi Ucans or imperialists. H Secretary of State Knox, through H tho United States embassy, In Wash- H lngton, called tho attention of Bng- H land to tho proposed purchase by the H ) Japan Mall Steamship company of t the China Merchants-Maflnc company as an indirect way of- supplying trio republlcaiiH with funds, AC that tliuo Japan was able to reply that Hongkong Hong-kong and the Shanghai bank already had made a loan to tho China Merchants' Mer-chants' Marino company, part of which, it was presumed, went to tho republicans. When the proposed loan to the Hankow Railway co'mpany by tho Ok- ura ArmB and Armnunltlou company was reported, Soorotary Kiiok again called tho attention of the British goT-ornment goT-ornment to the Subjoot and Sir Ed-wvird Ed-wvird Grey once mor'o approached. , tho Japano8o governmont. On this occasion Japan proposed that the powers Bhould prohibit tholr nationals from making loans to either side; but Great Britain had no power to do this, and proposed Instead that tho powers should uso their Influonco with tlielr nationals to prevent loans. The Japaneso government has agreed, to do this. |
