The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-10
new ERA DAWNS FOR
THE CHINESE NATION
Throne Agrees to Conditions
Imposedby NationaIAssembIy
Under Precious Document People Of
China Are Guaranteed Rights
and Freedom Greater Than
Now Enjoyed in England.

At Shanghai, China, DR.. WI Ting
Fang, at one time Chinese minister to
the United States, in a statement to
the Associated Press, announces that
he has Joined the movement to estab-
Hsh a republican form of cove. IL
ment in China
Another edict has just been Issued
by the Chinese throne, which. by
it's promptness, gives further proof OF
its docility in accepting unhesitating g.
ly the conditions imposed by the ma.
tional assembly.
In this one it is said, eve rec0r nize
the importance of the nineteen rrin-
ciples of the monarchial constitution
issued by the national assembly. III y
are accepted and when the assent |,
drafts the constitution it will be base Z
upon those principles. We shall ar.
range to swear before the temple CT
our ancestors to issue them to the
whole empire on yellow paper"
The first CT the nineteen pr:ncip q,
declares that the Ia Ching dyn. -
shall reign forever
SecOnd-The emperor's rcr1Ca is Il.
viOlable
The most Important CT the Ctrcr
seventeen have already teen callel
as the demands of the as, embly an
the Lanchcw army. They are these
laying down the powers cf the pc3.
lament and making the cabiret re-
sFCnsible thereto and Cthcl vice In
iting and Crstitutionaliz'ne the men.
archy, which is deprived CT the pew
er Of altering the constitution There
IS provision for imperial DEGREES to
replace the law in case of eme"c ency;
but under strict limitations Tntc?9a-
tional treaties are not to be maGo
without the consent of parliament. BIZ;
the emperor may declare war or make
peace if parliament is not sitting, the
approval of parliament being suEse
duently obtained. Parliament fixes
the imperial expenses. The edict
sanctiOning the regulations is ftly de-
scribed in English here as China3
Magma Charta, but it goes much far
Their than that famous document
wherewith the name was originally
connected.
The new constitution, based on
these regulations, gives the people,
through an elected parliament, great
er share in their government, more
than that of Great Britain The nom
inal power of the British sovereign in
vetoing bills and appointing premier
. is not conceded to the emperor. The
thrones right to appoint successor is
also forfeited, succession being con-
stitutionally arranged. Moreover, the
members of the upper house are d.
rectly elected by the people, the re-
formers having no idea of admitting
the establishment of a hereditary or
privileged house of peers.
The success of the revolutionists at
Shanghai, China, is most complete.
The native town fell into the hands
like ripe plum. When the revolu-
tion was declared there was no re.
sistance except a few shots from the
arsenal The majority of the guard
there Immediately Joined the rebels
and they, as well as the active police,
adopted the white badges of the revo-
iutiOnists.
Two Norwegian steamers loaded
with ammunition for Sa Cheng Pings
ships had cleared and escaped. The
rebel leaders have issued proclama-
tons appealing for order. It is ex-
pected that the Woo Sung forts will
speedily join the rebels.
Almost the whole of the native city
of Hankow is af1re andsit is feared
that the Wesleyan mission, near the
Han river, in which are fifty blind boys
and $50 wounded persons, who, with
the staff of the mission, make up to-
tai of 800 persons, has been burned.
The fires in the town were started
by the imrerialists, who threw infiam-
mable shells into the place A strong
wind carried the flames across the
river to Han-Yang, and a strip of that
city on the water front a mile long
was destroyed, and the fire was still
burning