The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
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The rising in China has filed
the Chinese quarter here with great
excitement. All Chinese papers are
receiving occasional bulletins by
cable from Hankow and other points
These are posted on the windows of
the newspaper Offices as soon as re-
ceived.
All day crowds of Chinese, their
faces utterly devoid Of expression,
studied the reports from across the
Pacific. Smothered calculations told
of feelings that mastered even Orien-
tai habits of repression.
Accompanied by his secretary, w.
S. Wong, DR.. Sun Vat Sen, who will
be president OF the Chinese republic
if the revolution is successful, left
here this month on lecture tour.
licanism to his fellow countrymen
in America and his campaign is be-
ing conducted under the auspices of
the Young China Association.
Will Return to China
Speaking to Chinese gathering
at Reno about ten days ago the
Chinese exile said that he would
soon return to China, despite the fact
that heavy price had been placed
by the government on his head.
This revolution means either a
Chinese republic or no China at all, -
said Long King Chong, Secretary of
the Gee Hong tong for all America,
Mexico and Canada, included. eff
we are not successful the Chinese
will be as much a people without a
country as the Jews. Years have
been devoted to preparation; every
Chinese who has left his own coun-
try and seen what the world is do
ing is an ardent republican; more
than 100000 has been forwarded
to China from this city within the
last two months.
''The Chinese of Montreal, Detroit
and other places in that vicinity sold
their property to meet their obliga-
tions to the revolutionists. There
can be no end to the fight but a re-
public or the humiliation of China
as nation. There would be moth
ing left-no navy, no army, nothing
on which government depends
China Ripe for Revolt.
For the last five or six years, says
ChOng, Southern China has been ripe
for the revolt. Northern China was
not ready, however, and DR.. Sun Vat
Sen and the other leaders held the
rising in check while campaign of
education was carried on.
In Japanese city students have
been busy translating the learning of
the world from Japanese to COLO
quail Chinese. These books and
millions of circulars have been pour
ed into China and scattered among
soldiers and sailors OF the empire
and the people everywhere The re-
suit, Chong said, was apparent in
the declaration of whole regiments
of imperial troops for the revolution.
San Francisco, Get. 16.-With So
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 a constitution adopted and adj
ministrative officers chosen, the pro-
posed Chung Hwa republic is de-
clared to be making q determined
effort to overthrow the Manchu dy-
nasty and establish itself as supreme
in China.
Details of the formation of the
tentative republic were revealed here
yesterday by Sun Fo, son of DR.. Sun
Vat Sen, who is to be president of
the new government If the revolu-
ton now in progress is successful.
Years have been consumed in work.
ing out the different problems that
have presented themselves to the
revolutionists and haste was guarded
against lest there be some fatal slip.
Today the 100000 and more revo-
lutionary Chinese in the United States
and Canada feel that it is but mat
ter of days until the Manchu dy-
nasty will succumb.
Cable adyices received by the revo-
lutionists here during the past twelve
hours indicate that the provinces of
Junan, Honan, HUI Peh, Kiang Su,
An Viii and Szechuen have fallen and
that Quong Tong, the province in
which Canton is situated, is about
to be captured by the rebels.
With the fall of Canton, 1t was pre-
dicted by Sun Fo. 1000 Chinese, in
Guiding many wealthy merchants and
officials of the new republic, will i'm
mediately leave here for China.
Troops March on Picking.
Twenty thousand troops are
marching from Picking to meet the
revolutionary forces and an engage
ment is eynecfod within q short time