The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-05
ELECT sun PRESIDENT
OF CHINESE REPUBLIC
Action Taken by the Confer
enCe Held at Marking.
Election Followed by an Extension of
the Armistice for Ten Days
Also Means Calling Off of
Shanghai Conference.

The imperial family has decided to
leave Pekin at once The throne
has agreed to Premier Yuan Shih-kai's
suggestion to refer the question Of the
future government of China to q ma
tiOnal conference and to abide by its
decision, whatever it may be.
The cabinet has been instructed TO
draw up the regulations which shall
govern the national convention and TO
inform the peace conference at StTEg-
hai that the throne is willing to abide
by the decision of a representative
convention no matter what form Of
government it may chose.
In view of the activities of the
Shanghai revOlutionaries, imperial SOW
eminent officials consider it doubtful
whether the rebels will agree to the
long delay inseparable from the call
ing of a national convention.
The action of the throne leaves no
room fer doubt that the advisers of the
regent and the emperor are prepared
for abdication should that course ta
the only way of settlement.
Mongolia, which almost equals China
proper in size, will be proclaimed in
dependant, simultaneously with the
cutting off from China of the vast de-
tendency of Turkestan. Both will pass
under Russia influence and will practi-
cally become Russian protectorates.
Russia at any time will be able to an
mex them. A grand khan will be
named as monarch of Mongolia.
Construction of the trans Monaghan
railway, for which Russia has long
sought permission from China, will be
a matter of time, Europe thereby COM
ing nearer to Pekin by three or four
days. Russian influence will flank the
Japanese sphere in Manchruia peril
ously, and a Japanese alliance for the
sake of preserving Japanese interests
may be expected
Russian officials, if not the govern
ment proper, have Influenced this &C
ton in Mongolia.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen has been elected
president of the republic of China by
the conference held at Marking. This
means that the peace conference be-
tween WI Ting Fang and Tang Shao
vi is closed
The president will assume charge of
all negotiations. The continuance of
these negotiations with Yuan Shih Kai
as the representative of the retiring
Manchu royalty will depend entirely
upon the immediate withdrawal of the
so-called imperial troops from points
of contract with the revolutionaries
Under these conditions the armistice
will be extended ten days, in order to
give President Sun time to issue the
terms under which the Manchus must
lay down their arms and to decide up
on pensions and other preliminary de-
tails.
The president or head of the mill
tary government established, with the
capital at Marking, will treat the court
as a thing of the past, because eighteen
provinces have already voted in favor
of republic in properly constituted
convention, and the edict recently is
sued at Pekin says that if represen-
tative convention favors a republic the
throne will abdicate.
Immediately after the receipt of
word from Marking that he had been
elected president of the republic of
China, DR.. Sun Vat Sen handed the
following statement to the Associa ed
Press, with the request that il be trans
mitted to his friends in the United
States:
81 consider it my duty to accept the
presidency. My policy will be to Sc
cure peace an6 a stable government by
the promptest methods possible, My
single aim is to insure the peace and
contentment of the millions of my
fellow countrymen."
News of Dr. Sun Vat Sens election
to the presidency of the republic Of
China spread with extraordinary rapid
ity among the population Crowds
made their way to the house in which
he has resided since his arrival here.
1t is located in the French concession.
When he made his appearance he was
greeted with an enthusiastic ovation.
The city shows evidences of great
activity. Members of the provisional
cabinet which was formed by WI Ting
Fang Nov. and delegates who were
sent by both the imperialists and rev.
dictionaries to the peace conference,
which is now regarded as having
lapsed, pass frequently along the road
on their way to President Suns head