New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-14
FAVOR CHINESE REPUBLIC
Yellow Men Here Say It Has
Been Their DTo.i5..
STRONG MAN BEHIND IDEA
Dir Sun Vat Sen Tired of Seeing
Wholesale Chopping on
of Heads.

of Heads.
The talk Of several prominent 'hii'A"'sn
r., this city Yesterday added something sp-
proachinr conviction 10 the reports WHICH
label the disturbances In the southern
provinces Of the celestial kingdom no mere
revolt but a full hsdged revolution The
foundations OF this movement ACCORDING
10 their statements, have been IN proceS1
OF building Tor many years Chinese
colonies ali over the world have been look
Ing forward 10 the day when 4 chinese
republic should be proclaimed. it Is saia'
and scarcelv one Of them has been without
IT'S revolutionary organization.
The man who did most 20 carry inc
gospel OF revolt among the scattereu
groups OF his countrymen was Ut sun
Yat Sen. the consensus OF opinion he'u'
DR.. sun had rostered revolution Tor up
ward of twenty years, one Informant saio-
Hs had travelled and studied extensively
In English speaking countries. mad mace
three tours OF the United States In the IN
terests OF the reform movement, ana mao
fought for il IN China. where a reward Oh
D00O0O taels stood for his capture deao
ar alive. His activity had doubtless much
IN do the stories ran. with the recent ciec-
zion Of his brother. Sun Yu. 10 the presl-
dancv NJ ne provisional revolutionary gov
eminent
The wisdom OF open revolt was NOT now
ever. unanimously admitted. kwons 10y
,f the Chinese Reform News, u tri-Week-
~ periodical. published in this city criti-
ofsed such measures as entirely too radical
and was inclined 10 look upon Dr.. sun a.
an agitator and a demagogue. The true
r,overeut OF reform, he maintained, was
MOI directed against the Aanchu dynasty
brt against the abuses which had crept
I'm under its administration The majority
of officials In the present government ne
,oir-ad ont. were not Manchus at all, out
Cinnamon.
The plan by which the government con
t-oiled the railroads wGs ar the bottom OF
tho matter. Kwong Lov went on. Inc
,soule were paying FOR them, and the peo-
lie wanted 70 see their money properly eA-
nended. not flowing into the pockets OF
eorriIut officials. But revolution was not tue
HfI~e LfelF jas AA'
ann strong. and revolution would hurt the
cause more than help Il. Evolution was
the only method that would bring re4I re-
lief
Others in Chluatowu.s councils tloas"'
differently. Those whom Or. sun per
sonality had directly touched seemed 10 De
,nbued with an implicit confidence IN Ms
IDEAS and their ultimate success. heN
attitude was summed up in the words ~
one OF their number VINO spoke on Dr. sun B
ife and plans last night
Though brought up IN the manner OF '"e
destined 90 be- d civil officer under the EN-
pirs. DIT sun this man said. abandoned
the study or the chinese classics a;ter
learning something of the English form OK
/ government during a visit 10 india anu
Australia. anu at the age of twenty-five
| entered the Hong Kong Medical ochoo.'
2 f-,ru which D.. was graduated with the de-
cree n NJ. T. The death or his father no!
long after left MIN in possession OF d con
siderable fortune part OF which he used III
the endowment OF q hospital His inspira-
non for the use OF the remainder was told
boz -he Cliuaman .u this Wis.
"One day ne CHANGED 20 walk along me
execution grounds Of Canton. where I'VE
hundred pirates and other malefactors were
lined up 90 me- decauitated. The horrible
scene of headIess bodies -quirming ~ the
200. OF blood drove him home In deep
thought Dr. sun thought tae whole t'lns
over. and saw tlaJ his necessarily s.o" axe
saving profession could NOT very well com
Uste with the instantaneous work OF ue
eyacurioner. on another morning he sa"
-yu hundred rebels decapitated That sat
him 20 more thinking. and the next morn
ing ne visited the rcvoIuuOnists in secret
The interview decided his life career re
Was ro devote his fortune and bis education
o. the evolutionary cause.
.T'rs next wear saw this enthusiast
. vorrgster In the front rank OF revolution
airy leaders lie was literally 1nrnlns W, W.
hatred toward t1s Mauchu Spfefntt"
when le found that all %, evils o. it'
nation might ne traced directly lo JUS pr I.
len administration. IT'D" system OF Fl'l'
was a feudal chain running thfouIu tttt
deuartmeut o. official life. ut sun b'H.-
prevented FROM openly avowi0g me feNc
utiorurv cause. cor together some 40
beads and made e. desperate atleu4D1
seize the Nicer0ys "a"le0 i1 'anf"h.
was defeated, and barely escaped with nh
,The rax- wear the spcake eontinued. lr
Sun made i've different attempts 10 CaptlT'
Canton. but only succeeded ~ loslns
number ol leaders IN the revolt throl@i
execution Tile next FIVE wears We're pasSe,
iu guerilla warfare 10 the mountains o.
Nw5ugsi until the revoruomsts "er'
driven over into the French province Of
AMMAN.
after a tour OF europe ana America. u
1904 Dr sun returned 70 Hong Kong VIII
1000 pairs OF shears emtlems " the re'o
Htiouarv cause that severed the queue
the symbol OF Manchu supremacy. IRON
the heads OF the reformvrs But ne shears
were cautured and the doctor was driver
again 10 iournevinss. during which he or
. ganized branches OF the Young China As
1lciati0r and ra sod money for the cause