The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-03

republicans Yuan says that hereafter
he will communicate with DR.. WI ing
fang. the leading republican conms-
sioner. by telegraph.
I,oNDoN. Jan "A despatch from Pekn
to the DdHv Telegraph says the statement
of NJ SazanofT the Russian Foreign Minis
ter. that his Government does not con-
template any advance IN Mongolia or
Turkestan j. described N the Chinese
capital as mere cquivoCatIon.
Russia has imperiously demanded the
exclusive right to construct the kiachta
and Irga Railway and link II mp with its
Siberian road II il also pressing an old
claim for the rcCtihCation of the frontier
and To the territory northward Of tn"
Tianshan watershed II is further press
inp IN, right to hr consulted IN future
in Mongolnn affairs, thus menacing
Kuldia. kohdo. tlaiSputil. frumst and
karakorim
ThcS, demands are regarded ~
mere blind for the rcIl ubj"ctiv" "t the
ST Petersburg Government.
1t * noticeable that even IN Shanghai
the republicans were anxious to include
in the national convention the Mongol
princes who are openly rcstive and who
have armed tens ot thousands OF horse
men The Mongol princes III November
sent a message to their devoted kinsmen
the Manchus" saying that they would
not accept surgeon .assi-taut as
President of China - Government They
would rather go over bodily to RUSSIA
and thus add million square miles III
Siberia and destroy tn" far Eastern
equilibrium
Moscow. Jan . 4 Berlin despatch to
the Sioro saws the Mongolau question
Is interesting Germany greatly. The
Kaiser discussed II ON New Years Day
md expressed the belief that it was likely
10 create friction between Russia, Japan
and Great Britain.
"Germany's policy" adds the SIoro' .
correspondent. will be the maintenance
Of an expectant attitude pending the
propitious moment which will require an
economic compensation
Sr. PETERSBURG. Jan > 4 telegram
received here to day from Kalsan says
that the Princes OF southern Mongona.
who are loyal to the Using dynasty, have
decided unanimously to support the
Chinese Government against the revolu-
tionists They will declare the indie
pendeuce Of Mongolia in the event Of the
establishment Of republic in China.
The Russian Consus and commercial
agents in China are At the same time
urging Russian manufacturers and mer-
chants to take advantage of the new de-
mands caused 10y the awakening of the
Chinese. The reports say that the Euro
pean stores in Chinese towns sold ont in a
single month their entire stocks of Euro
pean clothes ono wholesal" firm at
Shanghai besides buying all the ready
made clothes they could find AZ Nladivos-
tok and Hardin. ordered 80 onu suits from
Poland
PARIS, Jan 2.-lhc 81. Petersburg
correspondent of the Temps sends a de-
spatch in which he says he ran give as
surance that Russia does not intend to
seize Mongolia but desires that Mongolia
shall have complete autonomy without
Chinese slILeralnty
The Russian Government. according to
the CORRESPONDENT. docs not desire TO lay
hands on an independent State. which
action would involve futjlr" complications.
1, it also denied that Russia has sent
troops into Mongolia with any uiterior
motive. The troops which We're sent were
merely reenfurcemcnts for IN" consular
guards.
,sHINGToS. Jan. {? Fighting has
been resumed hv the Chinese revolution
lists near Han yang according to official
reports received ~ the Stat" Department
to-day. The attack hv the revolution
Isl forces above the city has prevented
the withdrawal of the imperial forces,
Practically all the Americans IN China
are now gathered IN PLACES Of compare
tive safety. according 10 reports received
at the State Department to-day Under
instructors ISSUED 10y the Department =
representatives TN" Americans in the
interior have for tho most part taken
up their residences in cities accessible
10 gunhoat-. II i believed ample pro-
lection can toe afforded by this means,
There are numerous foreign gunhoats
in Chinese waters, including the great
rivers which ,vt"nd for hundred, of
miles inland.
Exception has been made in the cases
OF several Americans living 80 far IN the
interior that the one or two months
journey tn th" coast would b" NOR" dan
Rerous than remaining whore they are.
There ar" twelve American adults and
nine children lu the province Of Shon 81
and in the provinces beyond Sh"n-sl
there are eleven American adults and
seven children All American citizens
but seven have left IN" provinces Of
Human and Hu-peh
II is estimated that thor" are about
500 Americans IN China. A majority
of these are at Shanghai, with large num-
bers AT Canton, Pekiu. iiankow and
Tientsin. There are about iu0 Ameri-
can missionaries IN the empire, almost all
Of them being stationed in the interior
beyond the treaty port territories
SAS FRANCISCO, Jan. .. Local Chinese
leaders have received cable dispatches
from III" republican chiefs m Naukin
announcing that English viii J." the only
language written and spoken ~ China
if the revoiutlpnlsts who have cstab-
llshed a republic, carry ont their plan,
The change, u il explained j. % b" made
in the interests Of civilization and con-
venience. and when ia" government has
been firmly established and a system of
public schools instituted arrangements
will be made for the teaching of English
10 the children, so that the next gener-
alton will speak II "a their own tongue.
One prominent revolutionary leader said
this morn,lg,
"Dr SI,fi Vat Sen and the other leaderG