PRESIDENT OF CHINA.
VU AN-SIII IT.-K AI ELECTED. lY!v\rr.i]>]i.- Vic« A> .H-iation.- CopyrigW Peking. Monday. Th;- first election of President of ihe Ohinefo Republic was conducted to-day. both bouses of the Legislature vol in;;. The ballot Is?ted 12 hours, in all 7;,0 her? votit.n on the 200 nomiionp received. Dr Sun-yat-sen, leader of the revolution, who is now in exik\ bonif* ono of the cand - O at GF. The ballot proved inconclusive, none oi" the candidates securing the requir.it.- majority. Yuan-ahih-kai led the ballot with 171 vote, Li-yuan-heng bring ?econn with !■' '. The, second ballot, in which a number of thoi ; e in the lirst ballot were eliminated, aire jailea to insult in a definite election, nan 9 \ ots going U ji to -'MI and ] J-vuan-Ueng's tn 162. A,t 11,0 thir.i ballot Yuan ghih-kai was elected vub a <o(al of HOT votes, Li-yuan-lnao. •>o 1 iinl79.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 609, 5 November 1913, Page 5
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145PRESIDENT OF CHINA. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 609, 5 November 1913, Page 5
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