Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-12-26
REPUBLIC SEEMS
A CERTAINTY
Premier Yuan Shi Kai Leaves
1t to National Assembly
to Decide
NO DOUBT OF ITS SENTIMENT
The Edict Will Probably Be
Promulgated Within
! Another Day.

Peking, Dec 26.-Premier Yuan Sn1
kai has submitted to the more prom
inent Manchus here the proposal en-
anating from Shanghai for the meeting
Of special national assembly to de-
eide on the future form Of government
which shall be adopted for China. This
step by the premier practically means
that he asks the court to decide Its
own fate, because the members OF
such national assembly would de-
eide in favor OF a republic.
! If the Manchus agree to adopt the
! suggestion their decision to do so Will
be promulgated as an edict which IN
all probability will be made public IN
the course of the day.
Demand for Republics.
Shanghai, Dec. 26.-As no reply has
yet been received by Tang Shao VI
to his dispatch to Premier Yuan Shi
Kai pointing out that the Acceptance OF
the idea of a republic is the only
means Of securing peace, the revolu-
tionaries are demanding vigorously
| the immediate election of a president
of the republic and asking that the
government shall be proceeded with
without any further notice being TAX
en- of Peking.
| The conference held yesterday be-
tween DR.. Sun Vat Sen, the proposed
president, and WI Ting Fang, the
chief of the revolutionary delegates
as at the peace conference, resulted
ir a complete agreement between the
two leaders and the revolutionaries
are now showing a more united front
than ever Marking is regarded as
suitable place for the capital OF the
new republic.
| Premier Yuan Shi Kai's decision to
submit the proposal for the meeting
OF special national assembly to de-
eide on the future form of govern
ment in China to the consideration
# the Manchus on becoming known
here caused considerable satisfaction.
According to the revolutionary lead
ers now in Shanghai, Premier Yuan
Shi Kai's consent is tantamount to
the admission he himself fayors a re-
public.
1t is understood that Tang Shao vi,
yho1s representing Premier Yuan Shi
Kai here, had already informed the
Revolutionary leaders at the peace con-
lference that Yuan Ski Kai per sonally
was in favor of a republic. Tang
Shao vi now admits that Yuan Shi Kat
is in full agreement with the revolu-
tionary plan and is only seeking to
secure assurances regarding The fu-
|ture treatment of the imperial clan
and the Manchu people and also to
avoid an outbreak in Peking when the
final announcement is made.
When Tang Shao vi had fully real
lied the situation in the south he tele-
graphed to Premier Shi Kai suggest
ing that an edict should be Issued,
leaving the decision as to the form
of government to the people of China
Through national convention.
The leaders of both parties here
say the convention will be purely
formal affair. There can, in their
, opinion, be no question regarding the
result of such a convention, which
they assert can be called together
within 30 days.
The present situation, 1t is said, by
revolutionary leaders, was fully anti
cipated. Every detail of the plans is al
ready complete for the organization
of a provisional government and the
, eventual establishment of stable
government.
Japan Surveys Russian Frontier.
.Mukden, Manchuria, Dec. 26.-1t is
reported hert that Japan has carried
out complete survey of the Russian
: frontier since last June. Russian Of
icials are, in consequence, insisting
that the Amur and Trans -Baikal pro-
vinces should in future be closed to
Japanese officials. A Japanese Of
J fetal was recently admonished and
! expelled.
Two Villages Burned.
Annoy, China, Dec. 26.-The COM
mander of the expedition which was
sent to the northern coast districts on
I December IL, to restore order there,
reports that in the towns of Chuan-
D Chow and Engchoon quiet has been
. rc-established. In the country dis
tricts, conditions are serious, and
there has been resistance. Two vii
:. lagos have been burned by the troops
on account of the inhabitants having
harbored robbers.