THE CHINESE REVOLT.
REVOLUTIONARY CONVENTION SELECTS A PRESIDENT. niu%.v '
fieri t~ . 1 1 hml i," Nanking, Dfigemhfir .29. The Revolutionary Convention unanimously elected Sun-Yat-Sen President cf the Republic.
CONCILIATORY EDICT ISSUED BY THE THRONE.
peace desired:
(Received 30, 8.5 a.m.) Pekin, December 29
An edict has been issued in deference to Tang-Shao-Yi’s memorial, Which cites Wu-Tjing-Kang as asseriditing the determination of the people to have' adftpublic. The edict adhits that the Throne’s assent to the nineteen articles >■ of the Constitution by declaration in the Hall of Ances:ors was inspired by confidence. It ulds that the vital question of the institution or a republic cannot be Iccided by one section of the people, ror by the Throne filone. Therefore, v national convention must decide. Fang-Shao-Yi is directed to consult the republicans in order to arrange methods of selecting delegates and to Tease hostilities.
The Mongolian pr’nces have undertaken to declare the independence of Mongolia in the event of China hemming a republic.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 30 December 1911, Page 5
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