CRISIS IN CHINA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 3

CRISIS IN CHINA.

REVOLT OF',THE SOUTH* RESIGNATION OF CABINET. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. PEKIN, July 20. The crisis is developing, and threatens to be of first-class magnitude. Tho Cabinet has resigned. The trouble springs from rivalry between tho North and South, and Yuan-Shih-Kai’s efforts to ovor-rido tile provincial authorities. The Southerners demand tlio President’s resignation immediately. The cause of tho revolt is Yuan-Shih-Kai’s dismissing the Tntuh of Kiangei, a young general who was flouting tho President’s authority. Tho necessity of keeping large forces in Mongolia, 'where the situation is serious, is increasing Yuan-S'hih-Kai’s difficulties. Sun-Yat-Son is openly favouring tho Southerners. Hyen-Chan-Huan, who is a man of great force of character and ruthless disposition, has been proclaimed tho revolutionary President. His troops captured the British section of ■ the Tientsin railway. The Southerners killed upwards of twenty officers loyal to the Central Government. Yuan-Shih-Kai ha.s appointed Fen-Kuo-Chang, who captured Hanyang during tho revolution,-to-supreme command. on tho 'Yang-tse-Kiang. It is reported that upwards of forty Japanese officers are assisting the rebels. The Woosung forts have joined the rebels. HONG KONG, July 20. Britain has sent a destroyer to Canton. , THE TIMES COMMENT. LONDON, July 20. Tho Times says the revolt in China should decide whether she should be subjected to a strong centralised control or whether the provinces shall be a law unto themselves, and whether Peking or Canton shall direct the destinies of the Republic.