The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-29
DIR. Sun Vat Sen Is Elected
President Of China.
Peace Conference at Marking
Brought to a Close.
HEAD OF REPUBLIC
Will Carry ON Future NegOtia-
lions With the Throne.
No Longer Need for Proposed
National Convention.

Shanghai, Dec. 2s.-Immediately fol-
loving the receipts of word from Mar =
king that he had been elected president
of the republic of China, DR.. Sun Vat
Sen handed the following statement TO
the Associated Press, with the request
that it be transmitted to his friends in
the United States.
Il consider it my duty to accept the
presidency. My policy viii be to secure
peace and a stable government by the
promptest methods possible. My aim IS
to insure the peace and contentment Of
the millions of my fellow countrymen.
Sun vat Sens election as president
Of the republic by the Marking confer
ence means that the peace conference
between Yu Ting Fang and Tang
Shao vi is closed The president will
assume charge of all negotiations The
continuance of these negotiations N.-th
Yuan Shi Kai as the representative Oh
the retiring Manchu royalty VIII oe-
mend entirely upon the immediate Win
drav-al of all the so-caIled imperial
troops from all points of contact Win
favors a republic the throne viii aDdl-
lions the armistics will be EXTENDED LOT
ten days, in order to give President sun
time to issue the terms under when
the ATanchlls must lay down their arms
and to decide upon pensions and other
preliminary details The president or
head of the military government now
established. with the capital at Nan
king. will treat the court as thing Of
the past. because Is provinces have al
ready voted in favor of republic IN 4
properly constituted convention and the
edict recently issued at Picking says
that if a representative convention
favors a republic the throne will abide
cate.
An ovation to the President
Shanghai. Dec. z9.@The news of DR..
Sun Vat Sens election to the presi-
dency by the delegates Of the elghteeh
provinces of China proper at their con-
ference at Marking spread with ex-
traordinary rapidity among the popu-
laJion.
Crowds made their way to the house
in the French concession in which he
kas resided since his arrival here:
When he appeared he was greeted
with an enthusiastic ovation.
The city shows evidences of great
activity. Members of the provisional
cabinet which was formed by DR..
WI Ting Fang on November and
delegates who were sent by both the
imperialists and revolutionarles TO the
peace conference, which is now regard
ed as having lapsed, pass frequently
along the streets on their way to Presl-
dent Sun Vat Sens headquarters:
It is believed Sun Vat Sen will i'm
nediateIy demand the withdrawal OF
the so-called imperial troops from
their strategica1 position, in order to
avoid the possibility of conflict with
the tT0ops of the republican govern
ment. AS soon as this has been erect
ed the armistice now existing will be
extended and the Manchu troops Will
be ordered to lay down their arms or
to enter the service of the republic
AS soon as military arrangements have
been completed. negotiations will be
opened on the subject of pensions to
be offered to the former princes and
Manchu governors.
Known in This Country.
DR.. Sun Yat Sen. who has been
elected by the delegates of the eighteen
provinces of China proper as first
president of the Chinese republic, is a
native of Canton He was educated at
Honolulu, where his father was IN
business, and later studied medicine at
Canton, afterwards engaging in prac-
tfce there. He has been connected
with the revolutionary movement for a
considera BILE time and took a most rad
zeal point of view He was one OF the
promoters of a plot to seize the city
of Canton in 1895. The plans of the
cOnSpiratOrS were discovered and sew
eral of them were put to death, but
DR.. Sun Vat Sen escaped and reached
the British colony of Hong Kong,
where he became British subject He
was heard of next in England and the
United States, where he delivered a
series of lectures in order to convert
the Chinese students to his revolution
airy principle
While he was on a lecture tour in
England in 1900 he was enticed into
the Chinese legation, where he was
told that he was on Chinese territory
and would be deported to Picking. This
however was prevented, as he claimed
British citizenship and he was set free
At q later period he visited Japan and
stirred up the Chinese there to revolu-
tionary ideas He also resided for
some time at Singapore. where he was
surrounded by body guard of fellow
revolutionists.
he visited New York in April. this
year, and spoke there against the
Manchu dynasty
Russia Wants Buffer State.
Tien Tsin. Dec. 29-It is asserted by
members of the suite of the amban Cor
governor) of Mongolia that Russian
completely at Urga, capital of Mongo-
liza, is responsible for the virtual domi-
nation of Manchuria by the Japanese
The charge is made in the same quar-
tiers that the Russian military consul
at JJrga has been pursuing the same
policy in Mongolia as was formerly
carried out in Afghanistan with the
purpose of making a buffer state ana
preventing the Japanese from expand
ing beyond Mukden in Manchuria.
Lieutenant General HOrvath, in COM
mand of the Russian troops at Har-
bin. has repeatedly denied that Russia
has Interior aims in Mongolia, but ad-
mits that Russia needs buffer state
in that region in the same way as
Afghanistan serves as buffer state on
the northwestern frontier of India.
Recognition to Be Withheld.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The United
States will not recognize the new Chi
nese republic formally until it becomes
clearly apparent that the imperalists
are no longer capable of maintaining
themselves in power. But this atti-
tude will not prevent the representa-
tives of the state department in China
from doing business with the pro-