GROWTH OF REACTION
ULTIMATUM TO CHANG SHUN.
(Received July 6, noon.) ■■..V : LONDON, sth July. .; ■The Morning Post's Tientsin correspondent states that the Emperor is not yet recognised outside Pekin. Tuan Chiv Jui is taking command of a force, of' 20,000, men on Shantung, in preparation for an. early advance against' Pekin.. ■The'-President will probably order, in. immediate, attack, 0n... Chang Shun's headquarters at Hfuchoufu. It is under- • stood that the President, while in i-efuge, lias directed Feng.' Kuo Chang' temporarily, to assume'the Presidency, establish a Government, and convene Parliament at Nanking. : . . ' ••"; Tuan Chi jui has again accepted tinPremiership aad has issued a denunciation of the Manchu restoration. ' He. accuses Chang Shun of crimes 'of incori •■ ceivabk magnitude,.,, even against th> Manchus themselves: YrHe intended,;.!- > remain in retirement,-'-he says,'-' iintil' In" saw th« Manchus being used as catspaws for'brigandage. He urges the Chinese to exert their utmost strength to save . the country from Chang Shim. Tsao Kun, Military Governor at Chihii. is mobilising, a force and has sent at) ultimatum to Chang Shun demanding his -withdrawal from Pekin within twentyfour hours. '■■■'..'■■•■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 5, 6 July 1917, Page 8
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181GROWTH OF REACTION Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 5, 6 July 1917, Page 8
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