CHINESE REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 2 January 1912, Page 6

CHINESE REVOLT.

NO FOREIGN LOANS MUST BE * RAISED. r . \ ' i . MILITARY OPERATIONS. • .1 4 V {■ : 1 l Pekin, Decfemoer 29 The Peace Confbrencb ft Shanghai decided, pending the national convention, that Yuan-Shih-Kai mmt not uiise a foreign loan during the negotiations. The Imperial troops withdraw a short distance and the republican troops did not advance. Tuan-Fang has arrived at Pekin in disguise. r l'he Assembly at Nanking has elected-. Sun-Yat-Sen president. i’TUANG FANG. Pekin, December 30. Tuang. Fang; has arrived at Pekin in disguise. ■ He bribed some soldiers to pretend that they had murdered him. The soldiers killed a pig and exhibited their swords reeking with the animal’s blood. Tuang Fang then shaved and clothed himself with rags, and so escaped. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. Pekin, December 30. The Peace Conference at Shanghai has agreed that the National Convention shall be binding on both parties, and that it shall include delegates from the Nanking Assembly or the Provincial Convention representing sixteen provinces. Other delegates are to he elected later. The Conference l;as also decided, pending a meeting or a National Convention, that General Yuan-Shih-Kai, Prime Minister, .shall not raise a foreign loan. The Imperialist troops withdrew a short distance and tiie Republican troops will not advance. HOW WILL THE EMPEROR BE TREATED? New York, December 31. The “Herald’s” Shanghai corre-, spondent states that Tangshaoy suggested that the conference should grant the Emperor exterritorialty at Johol and the republicans expressed their readiness to grant to him treatment equal to that accorded a deposed foreign king. Sun-Yat-Sen is offering Yuan-Shih-Kai the position of President. ARMISTICE ENDED. pj —- Pekin, December 31. The armistice having expired, the Republicans opened lire from Wuchang upon Hanyan.

A STURDY MONARCHIST. Peking, December 31. Sun-Yat-Sen’s nomination by the delegates of eighteen provinces assembled at Nanking is indefinite, ft ignores the Throne’s promise to abide by the National Convention’s decision, though the later will possibly confirm it. Yuan-Shih-Kai declares that the Imperialists are no longer able to suppress the risings, owing to lack of funds. As Premier he will be willing to how to the n il! of the majority; hut he remains •i Monarchist and will never serve as a Republican. CONVENTION TO BE CALLED. Pekin, January 1. The Shanghai conference decided that a national convention be summoned by telegraph, including three delegates from each province. 'The convention will begin when three-fourths of the delegates assemble. A armistice has been arranged.