CHINA'S NEW CAPITAL.
SHANGHAI, April 17. Backed by strong and rapidly developing sentiment, ; Wu-Chang is becoming Pekin's rival in the choice of the Republic's future capital. The question is one of such great importance that it is engrossing the atten-. tion of all the leading politicians. General Yuan Shih Kai still favors either Peking or Tientsin, but Dr. Sun Yat Sen strongly advocates the claims of Wu-chang, because of its inaccessibility to foreign war ships. Yuan Shih Kai is reducing the northern and southern armies as rapidly as possible. He expects to increase the strength of the military forces later on, and ultimately to' introduce compulsory; service. The soldiers who are now being discharged are asked to return to their villages, to act like honorable men, and to refrain from piracy. Despite the proclamation to this effect much lawlessness prevails.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12745, 24 April 1912, Page 3
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