New-York tribune., 1911-10-31
CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA
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he abolished. The union of the Manchus
and Chinese. mentioned by the late En-
peror 7 shall carry out now. Finances
and diplomacy have reached bedrock
Even II all unite. I still fear that We
may fall II the empires subjects do not
regard and do NOT honor fate and are
easily misled by outlaws, then the future
Of China is unthinkabie am most
anxious dsv and night Nv only hope is
that ny subjects will thoroughly under
stand
The Throne promises 70 organize 3
Cabinet without mobiles forthwith. The
/ Manchu Prince Shih Shu, President If
/ the Assembly, is permitted 10 resign.
the Chinese ii Chis-C -Chu succeeding
him The Manchu Kpei-Chur. Minister
of Corst bularv. has been removed. and
tHa Chinese Chao Pirg-Chun supersedes
him in that Office
Effect in reknd Good
The Imperial edict hos been widely
discussed. and ~ is generally believed
that n was issued IN order n provide
Yuan Shi X with powerful lever 70
use IN his negotiations with the rebels
It's effect iu Peking already is good
| The fear Of the people. which was great
This morning when II became known
that the capital was threatened with an
attack unless the Government acceded
| Immediately 70 demands of far-reaching
| importance. had somewhat subsided TO
night Nevertheless. 600 600 Chinese
continue 70 fear massacre snd 100 o.
600 Msnchus are in dread IF a Chinese
attack
The lines around Feking are tizhte -
/ ing While there is 10 great panic OBJ
serva ole IN the capital among the higher
classes and the foreigners. there has
been perceptible increase If tension
everywhere The Legation quarter is
preparing for emergencies. and IN some
ca-es temporsrv forti6cations have been
placed in position These consist larzelv
Of bags Of sand
strong dstachments II troops guard
The palace and the gates Of the CITY
but while the throne has made haste 70
comply with the demands Of the 2Onoo
soldiers Of the Third and Twentieth di-
visions and the Second mixed brigade
/ comprising the second imperial army
for the Yang-Tse campaign. which uera
presented BY the National Assembly. it
cannot be said that Peking iz -at safe
from attack
To Impress th- Natives.
A. Tien-Tsin TO-DAY the foreign troors
marched around the concession for the
purpose Of impressing the natives With
| their numbers. armament and general
preparedness for trouble The Customs
[ Commissioners received . letter. signed
b. Shuh Yen Fang In behalf n the
Tien -Tsln branch of the revolutionary
committee. announcing the intention Of
/ the committee soon 70 take possession Of
both Tien-Tsin and Pekins.
The revolutionists I'm the province Of
Shan-Si have advanced toward Peking
as far as Cheng TinG-Fu nterruptins
communication between FekinC and
Hsnkow. II is the intention Of the i'm
/ perial government 70 break the railroad
at Cheng Ting and also st Ivan Chow.
on the Poklng- Noukden RAILWAY 70 i'm o.
pede the advance Of the revolutionary
1 troops
The rebels from Taiyuan-Fu the
-apitsl OF the Shsn-Si province, have
marched eastward and cut Of General
Yin Tchangs railway communication
With PeklnE
II is feared that to-day's surrender on
the part If tho throne has come too late
t. save the situation.