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Show MAY END THE INDECISION. Empr Dowager Issue Edict for New Republic Peking The empress dowager la-sued la-sued an edict Bundny evening In atruntlng Premier Yuan Hhl Kal to ealahlleh a republic in cooperation with th anutbem republicans. The rdlct haa not yet been published and It la expected It will he kept more or less secret far a the public la concerned con-cerned until arrangement In tht south huve been completed. Yuan Hhl Kal now la endeavoring to persuade the Nankin government to band over the control or affairs to, enable him lo carry on the administration adminis-tration of Ihe whole empire until the national ronvenllon apiiointe a per-manent per-manent government and adopt a con atitutlon. |