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Show MONGOLIA IS TO BE PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC TODAY EMPEROR TO ABDICATE. LONDON, Dec. iS. The 4- Daily Telegraph's Peking cor- respondent says that Yuan Shi 4- Km handed to tho imperial clan on Tuesday a memoran- -t- dum reviewing the situation and stating that If the clan de- sired to fight to a finish, mill- tary expenses for six months must be found Immediately, otherwise ho would entrust the nation's fate to the national 4- conference. Vague rumors, continues the dispatch, are current that tho emnoror's abdication Is Imml- -f nent. Renewed efforts nrc bo- Ing made simultaneously in many quarters to Induce tho foreign governments to sane- tion the issue of loans by Pro- -t- mior Yuan. -t- PEKING, Dec. 28. (2:25 a. m.) Mongolia, which almost equalB China proper, in sl7e, will be proclaimed Independent tomorrow, simultaneously simultaneous-ly with the cutting off from China of the vast dependency of Turkestan. Both will pass under Russian infl- , enco and practically will become Rus- i slan protectorate. Russia at any time will be able to annex them A grand J khan will be named as monarch of Mongolia The construction of tho Trans Mongolian railway, for which ' Russia has long sought the pormis- ( sion from China now will be a matter of a short time, Europe thereby com- l ing nearer to Peking by three or four days. Russian Jnfiuenco perilously will flank the Japanese sphere In Manchuria and a Japanese allance I for the sake of preserving Japanese interests sooner or later may be expected. ex-pected. Russian officers and officials, If not the Russian government proper, prop-er, Lav.e influenced this action In Mongolia. PARIS, Dec. 28. A Shanghai dispatch dis-patch to tho ParlB edition of the Now York Herald says the Republicans have received unimpeachable information infor-mation that Japan is influencing ' Prince Ching, tho ex-premier, and Prtcmler Yuan Shi Kal, against a republic, and they are admittedly excited ex-cited at this state of affairs. Thoy declare that unless Premier Yuan announces a definite policy immediately, immedi-ately, they will resume hostilities on Sunday. A strong protest also is being framed, says the dispatch and will be sent to Tokio warning Japan that responsibility for the resumption or hostilities will bo on her shoulders. The Toklo correspondent of the Herald says he learnB that Japan will offer only friendly advice against the establishment of a republic in China. SHANGHAI, Dec. 27. The arrival of Dr. Sun Yat Son has injected an entirely new and forceful element into the ranks and councils of tho revolutionists. There Is every evidence evi-dence that Dr. Sun is receiving moro consideration than other loaders of the i evolutionists here. His residence is crowded from morninir until even ing with representatives of all the provinces, generals and governors with whom he has continual consultation. consul-tation. Delegates from the provinces of China proper, who have been attending at-tending tho Nanking convention, came in a body to Shanghai where they mot Dr. Sun, later returning to Nanking. There is reason to bellevo that they will meet on Dec. 28 and elect Dr. Sun president of the provisional pro-visional government of the United provinces of China proper by a unanimous unan-imous vote of the delegates of tho 2,8 provinces. After that has been done the revolutionists plan the selection se-lection of a cabinet by the president who will then issue a proclamation setting forth the terms offered by the revolutionists to the Manchus and tho imperial court in event of thoir peaceful peace-ful surrender. Should this not occur, tho campaign against the Manchus and tho imperialist!? will continue and Peking will bo taken. Dr. Sun Yat Son evidently does not regard the peace conference here seriously se-riously and will proceed with his planB without regard to Peking. No decision has been reached as to whether the armistice is to bo continued. |