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Show CHINESE REGENT ABDICATESTHRONE SAYS THE EDICT PEKING, Dec. C An edict announcing the resignation of t- the regent, Prince Chun, was ifisued today by Uic emnreEB dowager It is signed by Jnein- - f- bers of the cabinet, and points r out that the administration -f- has been uniiopular andtbat a -f constitutional government has f- not yet been established, ex- plafning tbis by the fact that complications arose, the peo- -f pie's hearts woro broken and -f the country was thrown Into -- f turmoih The regent regrets -f that his repentance came too late and felt that if he con- f tinned in power his commands would be disregarded. The edict continues: "He wept and prayed to resign the regency, at the same time expressing his earnest intention in-tention to abstain from politics I. the empress dowager, living In the palace, am ignorant of the state of affairs, but know that rebellion exists ex-ists and fighting continues, causing disaster everywhere, while the commerce com-merce of friendly nations suffers. The regent is honest, though ambitious. Being misled, he has harmed the people, peo-ple, therefore his resignation is accepted." ac-cepted." Demands Loyalty of People. The edict demands loyalty to the ministers from the people, who "must now realize that the court does not object to the surrender of the power vested in the throne." Tho regent I1.16 been granted 50,000 laels annually from the imperial household allowance. As the impprftl and rcvolutlonarv Ipadors at Hnnkow have not yet como to an understanding, the armistice has been extended for an additional three davs. Thp regent sacrificed himself in a last effort to save the throne for his son, but unless all signs fall, it is too lato Premier Yuan Sbi Kal has let Peking know that ho has taken the British minister, Sir John Jordan, into his confidence He has told the minister his plan6 and hopeB much from tho minister's mediation. Rebels Say Yuan Is Their Man. On the other hand, the rebels declare de-clare confidently tonight that Yuan Shi Kal ip their man. Tby describe him ns- a master statesman because he is accomplishing the transition from be Manchu dynasty to a republic re-public without a massacre or an at-tnck at-tnck on thp legations Th edict exhorts all the princes (o retire peacefully This may Indicate Indi-cate that there was some truth in reports re-ports often current that the youthful princes desired to attack foreigners, hoping to create foreign complications complica-tions that mlrrht benefit the Mnnchus. Yuan Shi Kal now is entirely powerful pow-erful within tho limitations of the dieruned govprnmcnL The robei.'; pay thev expect him to manipulate the regiments until the Mancbus ar no longer capable of disturbing the capital, and then the Shanghai assembly as-sembly of the representatives of the rebel and loyal provinces roon to be held, will decide in favor of a republic repub-lic Will Abide by Assembly. The premier 'ids premised to abide hv tho assembly's decision which ad-mlttedly ad-mlttedly will Up republican. It is be- lieved the premier desires foreign mediation in order to insure the safety safe-ty of the court and the granting of pensions. The legations of the larged pownrs are increasing their guards to between 300 and 500. Mall advices just arrived ar-rived from Slan Fu, dated Nov. 14, make brief mention of the attack on foreigners at the place some time previously. pre-viously. Tho letters say that Philip Manners, the German postal clerk, reported killed, was alive at that tlnw and that W. Hennp, dvtrlct postmaster postmas-ter at Sinn Ft!, h.vl recovered from injuries. No mition is made of other foreigners having been Injured, but there are indications thnt tho rebels have censored the letters. |