The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-05
CHINA'S ACTION A SENSATION
STUDIED AFFRONT TO POWERS

PcAiu. Jam Following the dis.
is.a, from office yctsorda. Of Yuan
Yuan sh E.t. grand councillor and
commander u chief of DE" forces ani
-lc a,po utuarf nt Ht Tuns a. grln4
councillor go cIn Wa .ssucd today
appor.u Lims Im Ven customs
,ao .aI. ho pt,i.,nu mus mad' vacant
- tl. forfe 'psri
Th, BrNah ara american ministers
aayr reached al aarr"m''' '1a' 'h"
dis.m. ,al Of IAN 81 ka. .,anuld mol
mass unuu,iccd rho American Iiri'.
i-n. D,"uau and Ja'nn"s" ministers
.u,s agsn a. ~. American ,'Rd'un
this nnn,iug 81 John y Jordan ~"
Br',f~h ~ us"r iuiung with MIR
RuIhIi fr. AlrtiCdn minister. ~
submitting au pI In" nf representa-
riuns which ,hrulI uc mad" to he
FOR, rn bard.
The ministers after on ne question
u. gents ao' on bat they agree that
p,,arr ~ endangered To" representa-.
tiycs al Great britain IN" United
State, aud Germany view ~" regent =
action ~ tau'nmonn' 20 an afiIuu' -
sho power, on acn"uut Of Yuan Shi
Kais f-Dsvipn abroad ho being r"cpg
uiz.d ~ q medium ~ fair and "Qu.t-
able treatment toward th" nations.
The dissenting ministers are u the
opinion tht unless other serious
events occur Interference would not
&c. Justified
Iapau cunours in thc opinion mat
the dismissal Is certain 20 result in
international injury but that repre-.
sentarous 10 China would bc difficult
There is q marked lack of unanimity
among the diplomats in 90, present
situation.
The courts action F a fortnight
ago, increasing the palaco troops and
forbidding entrance to the palace, Of
even the highest officials without pass
cs SIS taken as an indication uf tho
alarm felt boo court circles and 30 is
now believed that thcr" WAS fear ais,
Of an anu.dyursuc plo, To-day th,
government. giving "details Of Yuar
Shi Kai's alleged m'igurs on whicl
his dismissal was based N\ccorliug t'
this Information the Impeachment i
framed on charges against Yuan Sh
Kai in the coup do-tat OF 1898. whcl
She regency of the du%agcr empress
was restored and a rcactiouary polio
inaumratcd Tho flight of Kmug "
Wei. the rdomucr, occurred at tha
time The last minister who sa,
Yuan Shi kai at the foreign board a
Dec 2S. states that he was at tina
time suffering from no m.tlady, bu
che reason given for his dismissal
yesterday was that ne Is afflicted Wit
rheumatism The foreign minister
agree that Yuan Shi Kats rcstoratio
is impossible and that the action q
thc government ia eliminating hin
from official position cannot bo ~
called Liam Tmg Nuan's appoiu
mcut this afternoon only serves Q
ncroas" the feeling of pcssimism ,
the legations. as Yuan Shi k1 oNc
cisrd an authority with the y.ccroy
and governors which was hls aluu'
and which the foreign board, no ma
ter what It's cpmposton cannot r
tain.
Yuan Sni Kai must mayr prk,
within four or five days bat uuDhu
is known of his plans CouStrruauo
among tho Chimes" surpassrs ma
felt boy toro.g gn residents II is proI
able that among ia" first chang,
both Yang Shi Hiang IN, yiccroy ,
Nhi ILL., aud Prime, Ching president ,
rhc board of foreign affairs. viii 10
removed There is kccncst mtrcs
a. to the lstc az Prince Tang Sha
WIS mission to the United States a
'h, source o' hi- authority has mo-,
been removed