Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-01
CHINA HAS A
REFORM SPASM
Old Officials Dismissed, New
Ones Are Named in
Job Lots
REBELS STILL TAKING TOWNS
Belgian Syndicate Raises Eigh
teen Million Dollars for
Government.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Peking, Nov. 1.-Yuan Shi Kai has
been appointed premier of China ana
he will organize a new cabinet as soon
as he assumes his post
Meanwhile, Prince Ching, whom
Yuan Shi Kai succeeds, will continue
his duties as acting premier and VIII
have as associate premiers Ma Iung
and Hsu Shih Chang, who up to the
present time have been vice presi-
dents of the cabinet.
Redistribute Office.
Prince Ching has been made presl-
dent of the privy council and Ma
Tung and Hsu Shih Chang vice presl-
dents. We Kuang Tao, formerly vice
roy of Kwang Tung province, becomes
yiceroy of HUI Peh and HUI Mana prov
inces, to which office Yuan Shih Chang
was elevated when he was recently
recalled from official banishment to
restore the imperial authority in the
southern provinces. In the re-distri-
button of Offices, the present minister
OF war, General Yin Tchang, who was
in supreme command of the imperial
troops until he was superseded by
Yuan Shi Kai, is made chief of the
general staff. This much of the pro-
gram hastily constructed by the
throne in the hope of appeasing the
revolutionists, was made effective by
an imperial edict promulgated today
Earlier in the day. a telegram had
been received from Yuan Shih Kai, in
which he asked that he be appointed
acting premier and set forth his i'm
mediate plans for restoring peace. He
proposed, he said, to stop the aggres
sive movement of the imperial tloops
and to open negotiations with the
rebel leader, General Lii Yuen Heng.
forthwith.
A Chinese Roosevelt.
The edict accepts the designations
of the ministers, which were rendered
following the acquiescence of the
throne in the demands of the national
assembly and the army league. Ref
erence to Yuan Shih Kais future pre-
eminence is made as follows: when
he has arranged matters little in
HUI Peh province, let him come to
Peking and organize complete cabi-
net and carry out Immediately reforms
in politics and all other matters, and
pending Yuan Shih Kai's reign, let
the former ministers continue their
duties without negligence"
Jobs for the Rebels.
The leaders of the National Assem-
bly, met with Yuan's close friends to-
day and decided that the government
should be required to accept all the
demands of the army league as issued
from Lanchau on October 9. 1t was
also decided to require the appoint
ment to high Offices of General Lii Yuen
Heng, the rebel commander, and Tang
Hua Lung, the rebel governor of HUI
eh.
Price Of Opium Goes Up.
Annoy, China, Nov. 1.-Planters here
are taking advantage of the confusion
arising from revolutionary activities
and are raising an unprecedented crop
of opium in defiance of the prohibi-
tory laws.
It appears likely that the authori.
ties will be powerless to mete out pun.
ishment for some time to come, and as
result, the price of opium on the
local market has fallen suddenly from
$500 to $4,000 per chest.
Veteran Recruits From Manila.
Manila, Nov. Chinese veterans
of the war with Japan are preparing
to send shipload of soldiers from
Manila to China. Nearly all the ole
Chinese soldiers, who are employed
in or near Manila, have been mar
shalled to the cause and are holdinf
daily drills Three companies o.
trained men are ready to leave.
Canton Will Surrender.
San Francisco, Calf. Nov. 1.-Ad
vices were received here today from
Shanghai by the Chinese Free Press
reporting that rebels had driven bacl
the imperial forces and had establish
ed themselves in the town of Shak
hou, about twenty miles to the nortl
of Hankow. During the attack
against Hankow, the imperial forceI
were under the command of Genera
Fung Kwok Chong. It also rs statet
that the Peking government had re
ceived telegram from Viceroy Ch1nl
Ming Chi of Canton, reporting hi
city to be at the mercy of the rebels
In reply, the government instructe,
the viceroy to consent to the genera
demands of the revolutionists with
view to holding that province il
peace.
Belgian Loan to China.
Toxic, Japan, Nov. 1.-Financia
circles here have been assured on n
liable authority that the appointment
of Yuan Shi Kai as premier
China is one of the principal cond
tions under which the Belgian synd
cate has agreed to float short-tim
loan of $1S,OOO,OOO tor the Peking 60,
ernment.
Rebels Seize Nan Chang.
London, Nov. la news dispate
from Shanghai today says the rebe
have seized Nan Chang. the capit
and chief city of Kiang 81 provinc
and are reported marching on Ma
king.