THE CHINESE REVOLUTION
THE MANCHUS, ABDICATE.
YUAN-SHIH-KAI TO BE
PRESIDENT
8Y CABLE—PRESS >88OCIAT1OK—COFYBiaHX. LONDON, Jan. 19. Dr Morrison reports from Pekin that two edicts areiagreed upon, one giving Yuan-Shih-Kai full powers to establish a Republican Government. A conference from seventeen provinces, assembled at Nankin, will then elect him to the Presidency, Sun-Vat-Sen retiring after Yuan-Shih-Kai's acceptance. ,
The Throne issues a second edict, abdicating, but retaining the title of "Manehu Emperor."
Sun-Vat-Sen afterwards comes to Pekin to confer as to the formation of a,Government.
Yuari-Shih-Kai proposes that the Court be granted five million taels annually.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 20 January 1912, Page 5
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94THE CHINESE REVOLUTION Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 20 January 1912, Page 5
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