The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
CHINESE REPUBLIC
EMPRESS DOHAGER And CHILD
EMPEROR ABDICATES
YUAN TO Be in CHARGE

EUHlv III DL EIs UGEASsuE
The Imperial Decree Directs That the
Premier Assume Full Control Tn
til Conditions Of Union Can BE
Agreed Upon Between Rebel and
Impcrialist Factions Now at War.
After occupying the throne OF
China for nearly three centuries. the
Manchu dynasty, represented by the
child emperor, Pu u, abdicated Mon
day. Three edicts were issued, the
first proclaimins a5dication: the sec
ond dealing with the establishment
OF the republic, and the third urging
the maintenance of peace and ap.
proving the conditions agreed upon
BY the imperial premier, Yuan Shl
kai, and the republicans.
The text of the first imperial ed!c;
issued at Peking by the throne al
noon Monday is as follows:
I'VE, the emperor Of China, have
respectfully received the following
edict from the hands o. her majesty,
the dowaSer empress:
IN consequence Of the uprising OF
the republican army to which the
people OF the provinces of China have
responded, the empire is seethins
like a boiling caldron and the people
are plunged in misery.
Yuan Ski kai was therefore COM
man3ed to dispatch emissaries in Or.
der to confer with the republicans
with a view to calling national as
semblv to decide on the future form
of government. Months have elapsed
and no settlement is now evident.
The majority of the people are in
favor Of republic.
From the preference Of the peo-
pies hearts the will of heaven is dis
cernible. How could we oppose the
desires Of millions for the glory OF
one family?
Therefore We. the dowager EN-.
press and the emperor, hereby vest
the sovereignty Of the Chinese EN-.
pire in the people.
LET Yuan Shi Kai organize to the
full the powers Of the provisional re-
publican government and confer with
the republicans as to the methods ci
union. assuring peace in the empire
and forming a great republic with
{ the union Of Manchus. Chinese. Mon
gols, Mohammadans and Tibetans.
Eve. the empress dowager and the
emperor, will thus be enabled to live
in retirement. free of responsibilities
and cares, and enjoying without in
terruption the nations courteous
treatment"
At an audience the empress dow
aser thanked Yuan Ski Kai for his
successful efforts in obtaining good
treatment for the imperial family
from the republicans. The pubiica.
ton of the edicts has given profound
relief to every one in Peking, both
foreigners and Chinese The arrange
menc is considered a skillful compro'
mise, and it is believed the terms
will satisfy the republicans. This
first eGict provides that the terms
shall be communicated to the foreign
legations for transmission tc their re.
spective governments, the object be-
ing to record worldwide the repub-
lican pledges.
In consideration for the abdication
the republicans make the following
eight pledges to the emperor.
First. the emperor shall retain his
title and shall be respected as a for
eign monarch: second, he shall re.
ceive an annual grant Of 100000
taels until the currency is reformed
after which he shall receive $4,000
0G0 Mexican: third. temporary res
idence shall be provided in the for
hidden city, and later the imperial
f.mily shall reside in the summer
/ palace, ten miles outside Of Peking:
fourth, he may observe the sacrifice
at his ancestral tombs and temples,
which will be protected by republican
soldiers; fifth, the great tomb Of the
late emperor, kwang Hsu, will be
completed and the funeral ceremony
fttingly observed at the republic S
expense: sixth. the palace attendants
may be retained. but the number OF
eunuchs can not be Increased: sew
enth. the emperor's property will be
protected by the republic; eighth,
the imperial guards will be governed
by the army board, the republic pay
ing their salary.
An important question as to
whether the throne shall be perpetu-
ated or will terminate with the
present emperor's death, is not men
toned.
Four pledges for the treatment Of
the imperial kinsmen follow:
First, the princes, dukes and 9TH
ers having hereditary titles shall re-
tain their ranks: second. the nobility
shall have the rights and privileges
OF ordinary citizens: third, their pr;-
va,e, properties will be protected:
fourth. the nobility shall be permit
ted exemption from military service.
JONES AND BLEASE TO MEET