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DR.. SUN YAT sen
IS PRESIDENT
DELEGATES TO MEET At NAN
KIN AND CHOOSE REFoRMER
FOR FIRST PRESIDENT.
ALREADY ORGANIZING A CABINET
Yuan shi kaI Takes Sick Leave.-
Russians Want China to Continue
In Control Of Mon.
uolja,

soiia.
Shanghai, Dec. 29.-An imperial
edict will not be accepted by the revo
lutionaries except in the most liberal
form under which a republic can be
established without delay, or unless II
provides for the recognition of the
provisional government of which Dr.
Sun Vat Sen was elected president
at the regular convention of the
Marking conference at which IS dele
gates appointed by the governors OF
the provinces or by the provincial as.
semblies, will act in behalf of China
proper.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen has made prepare.
tons to organize his cabinet. 1t is
believed that the first ministry will
be strong and may include some Of
Yuan Shi Kai's delegates, who accom-.
panied Tang Shao vi, the premiere
representative, to the peace confer.
ence.
The revolutionary leaders here
laugh at the apparent struggle Of
Yuan Shi Kai, the imperial premier,
to temporize with the situation, which
they declare has passed out of his
control.
Disguised at the refusal of the i'm.
perial clan to contribute to the war
chest, Yuan Shat Kai last night took
sick leave. 1t is believed this pres.
ages his early retirement from the
premiership. He bitterly resents the
bad faith OF WI Ting Fang and his
party in proposing national congress
and now insisting upon a rump, not a
representative, congress. Yuan fears
that a republic means the country's
dissolution, and believes the only sane
solution is to fight it out, but he is
handicapped by lack Of money.
China Ordered to Keep Mongolia.
Pekin.-In response to direct re-
quest Of the Russian government,
handed to the Chinese foreign office
by the Russian charge d'affaires that
China should promptly resume control
of Mongolia, the Chinese government
declared its inability to comply at the
present moment.
The only action the government is
able to take regarding Mongolia, the
Independence of which has been pro-
claimed. is the appointment Of two
commissioners who have been or
dered to proceed by way of the trans.
Siberian railway to urga, the chief
city, to persuade the Mongol authori.
ties, If possible, to renew their al.
1eEiance to China
The kutuktu, who is the religious
head of the Mongol Buddhists, was
proclaimed khen.
According to the Lama doctrine,
this dignitary-the kutuktu-is the
terrestrial impersonation of the god.
head and never dies, but passed after
his apparent decease into the body of
some newly born boy, who is sought
for afterwards according to the proph.
etc indications Of the Delai Lama in
Thibet. The independence movement
IL largely religious.
The dissatisfaction Of the Mongo
Han people has been long standing,
the Russians say, owing to Chinese
incapacity and corruption. The Chi
nese ambans. or governors, have al.
ways plundered the Mongols and en-.
riched themselves, while at the same
time carrying on an unjust admins.
tration.
Russia does not intend to declare a
protectorate and refused the Mongol
appeal for the establishment OF a pro.
tectorate last July. Such decara.
ton might cause objection on the
part of the other powers. while in fact
something like protectorate already
exists in the association of Russian
ard Monaghan Buddhists.
The attaches of Japan and Great
Britatas may be expected ito watch
event clOsely, but there, Will be no
cause Uf alarm until Russian troops
cross the Cobb desert. The construc.
ton later Of the Baikalkalgan raj.
way might necessitate the employ.
ment Of Russian troops for protection
as was the case along the trans-S ibe-
rian railway in Manchuria, but that is
a consideration for the future. The
present step apparently is only dip.
lomatic In the Russian program Of ex-
pansion which did not terminate with
the treaty of Portsmouth.
Revolutionists Of Twenty Per.
London.-A dispatch to the Morn
ing Post from Shanghai says that the
revolutionary leaders have been in.
formed by General Ii Yuen Heng,
the revolutionary commander at WI.
Chang, that 10000 inn list troops
at Hsnkow have offered to join the
revolution for $50 apiece
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