The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-10-16
CHINESE SOLDIERS ARE BEING
SENT TO SCENE OF THE
GREAT REBELLION.
GOVERNMENT RET|CENT
Officials Of Imperial Army Refuse to
Give Out Inform mation-FIoods and
Pestiienee Claiming Hundreds Every
Day in kianasu, Along the Yangtss
RNer-Many corpses Floating.

san Francisco. Oct. 15.-With ST.
100000 In its treasury and an equal
amount subject TO call. $4,000 troops
IN the field and 10000 reserves In
the United States and Canada and
with constitution adopted and ad-
ministrativc officers chosen, the prp-
posed Chunk Hwa republic is declared
to be making n determined effort to
overthrow the Manehu dynasty and
establish itself as supreme In China.
Details Of the formation of the ten
tative republic were revealed here to-
day by Sun F'o, son of DIR. sun Vat
Sen. who Is to be president OF the
new government II the revolution now
In progress Ii successful.
Years have been consumed In work.
ing out the difficult problems that
have presented themselves to the rev.
oiutlonists. and haste was guarded
against. lest there be some fatal slip.
Today the hundred thousand and moro
revolutionary Chinese In the United
States and Canada feel that Ii Is but
matter of days until the Manchu
dynasty will succumb.
Cable advlces received by the rev
olntlonsts here during the past l2
hours indicate that the provinces OF
Human. Honan, Hu Peh, Kiang Su,
| An Whi and Szechuen have fallen and
| that Qneng Tong. the province in
which Canton is situated, IL about to
be captured by the rebels. With tho
fall OF Canton. II was predicted today
by sun Fo that 1000 Chinese, include
Ing many wealthy merchants and Of
ficials of the new republic. will i'm.
mediately leave here for china. Twen-
" thousand troops are marching from
Pekin to meet the revolutionary forces
and an engagement Is expected within
short time In Human province.
Or sun Vat Sen. who is at present
In Chicago. VIII be president OF the
Chung Hwa republic. Chinese women
VIII have suffrage according to pres
ent plans. and elections will be held
once In five years. The Chinese yen
Is to be supplanted by money pat
termed after American coins. The
decimal system will prevail Already
s2'0o000 In currency of the new re-
puhlic has been disposed Of The bills
are inscribed in English on one side
and Chinese on the other and resemble
gold certificates. Gold Is the stand.
ard OF exchange.
IN three-story brick building on
spofford street. In the heart of San
franeiscos Chinatown. is the treasury
OF the new republic. In this unassum-
ing structure. the plans of the reyolu-
tionists have been largely perfected.
under direction Of DR.. sun Yat Sen.
ana the Young China association.
Years Of Preparation.
sun Fo made the following state-
ment today:
IL has taken years of preparation.
but our plans are now perfect and tho
Tine has come to fight. Six provinces
are already ours. We have $4,000
troops ana host of synphathizers.
Ihe government has $4,000 soldiers
~ Iehlh' many of whom will join tho
! lfs'oiutioaist rankss General Wong
| HING Is IN command of our forces We
expect 10 establish modern republic.
WIN tWo houses of congress. much
the same as you have In the United
STATES Men and women who can
1'au ana write viii be permitted to
to'H W,thout regard to property hold
| lhss Martial law win prevail for a
''ihe II we are successful. after which
4 president ana catnet will he chosen.
We nave leen Informed that tho
japanese ambassador at Pekin has
heen eailed INTO consultation, but for
What purpose we do not know. do
not think Japan will interfere as IL
would be violating neutrality com.
pacts"
sun Fo recently came here from
iiohoihIu lilo Is about oS years old.
Wen educated and Thoroughly eonyer-
SAINT with political conditions IN China.
included III his staff of advisers ara
! a number OF Chinese who have ra.
/ eelNed degrees in American uniyer.
stiles In manner he is unassuminr
ana extremely democratic.
Chinese Celebrate.
One thousand Chinese participated
IN an independence day. parade here
| today Carrying in one hand the
American flag and in the other the
revolutionary emblem, the Chinese
marched through the business district.
headed by band and drum corps.
Two hundred Oakland Chinese joined
IN the procession.
The revolutionary flag Is whito
/ sun with u points on a blue canton.
The field Is a blood red Enthusiasm
fairly dubbed In Chinatown today.
Revolutionary flags were raised from
many buildings and crowds watcher
the bulletin boards at the Chinese
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