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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
u. s s. TAXES MUST
Be PAID JULY lS1
OLD TINE EXTENSION DONE
AWAY WITH--DELINQUE
WILL BE PFNALILED.

The practice of extending the Tune
for the collection of all special
United States taxes to August LIST has
been discontinued and according TO
d special ruling just promuigatei
these taxes must be paid into the
local revenue Office by July LIST. Those
who fail to comply WITH the taw witt
be liable to prosecution by the dIs-
trict attorney
The order applies to all dealers who
do business under Il United states
license. and included in the list are
wholesale and retail liquor dealers;
distiliers, rectifiers and those VINO
deal in oieomarsarine and other pro-
ducts requiring a government license.
Tax receipts to date have been light
due tC the fact that dealers believed
the old time allowance would be made
though Division Deputy +. =. south
ward states that ne has notife1 every
dealer in his district by letter OF the
rev ruling. The indications are that
the office will be sramped with the
work the latter part of the month,
with the probability that a consider
able number, overlooking the ruling.
Mill LAY themselves liable to the pen
atty,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
MR.. MAYO COMMTNDs
SUMMER MOT NTATN HOME

Q A. Hawkins. treasurer OF the
sumner Mountain Home for Rich
~, nd Children. has received 81 check
for 500 from r. ". Mayo. the money
~ he used in the interests Of the
irsNtulion. Mr. Mayo highly com
nehded the work OF the home, and
~.aid he would do anything possible
10. .;..sss !....-t..-s EeeG .<asss tiaxs
kinS says THAI 800 il still needed
t. give adequate carr TO tine Zee
tsf1iidreE who are ~ go To LonEwooi.
n Clarke county. this sulplnsr-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
GOV. MANN REFUSES
JACKSON CLEMENCY

Governor Mann has refused to in
terfere with the sentence of death
recently imposed on Byrd Jack
son. the Caroline county negro.
who a few weeks ago nlurderoas
assaulted l.. l., Farmer. a merchant.
The negro went 10 Mr. fNarners sfoTH,
and asked to see some merchandise.
As Mr.. Farmer as taking down some
stock, the negro strucl, him on the.
back OF tho head with club fear
tully iniur1rg him, and not salts
FED with TINS dragged the uncon-
seious man out into the road, where
lie lay all night in a pouring rain.
Mr.. Farmer is now recovered. 1T
was pointed cut that as no murder
haf been committed the death SEN
terce was Illegal. St,t 1t seems that
there is Il statute covering the case,
Jackson vii G,e IN the elaatrir chair
mex, I'r day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
CAPTAIN MONTAGUE
AGAIN WINS MEDAL

Capturing the historical old stifNr
medal Of the EfJ@s battalion in the
annual gun shoot last Saturday az
ternobn. t9pra.n sercy Montague
jr., company G. has the trophy haf"-
NIX or his cit for the third suc~es'
sive year
His scor4 Saturday was As cut OF
possible 30.
lieutenant Al. :, Hewitt OF lie
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
RENAISSANCE OF THE MIND


sn ne compan.. noe the second brst
score of a. Private Thomas IL o's-
ger came third with Al.
There were teams from the iour
companies, a. II. G and ID, al lne
shoot, which was held at the orick-
yard.
The medal held by Captain Mon
tague IA one that has been In the
Possession OF the Blues battalion since
ls4s. 1t has changed ownership
score or more of times but Captain
Montague seems to have proven the
iuckiest holder.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
Box Of Toola ataIan,

William Henry Smith and sore-ef
1919 St John street. reported to the
police yesterday that their place had
been broken into and thar a box
ef tools had been stolen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17
CHARGED VIII cuttinu,

Mary Washington, colored, was ar
rested yesterday on charge of cut
ting Lizzie Neale.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Miss Katharine Cary is the guest
OF Miss Grace Money, % Esmont
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Mrs Lacy and daughter. Miss Flor
ouce Lacy Sre The guests or Mr. and
Mrs. Lane Lacy on the Boulevard
NeNport News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Mrs. Willoughby Newton and little
daughter, Alice. have returned to
their hu1e In bristol. after an ex-
tended visit to relatives here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Colonel Joseph V. Bidegood at
tended the finals Of william and Msry
last weesS, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
II n. Cole.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Mrs = Fl Black is the guess OF
Mrs T. X Nuoors. OF North Coalter
street, stanton
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Mrs. Joseph Willard will probably
spend a portion OF the summer at
Hot Springs, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Miss Laura owen, of South Rich
mond is the guest OF Mrs c. c. Pet
tit. of panyille. va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Miss Mary Johnson has taken the
BrokenborouRh cottage at Warm
Springs and will occupy It until the
completion OF her summer home on
the Boulevard in the autumn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

Miss Elizabeth TompkinR, who ha -
been the guest OF Mrs c, S, Butts, OF
New port News. has returned home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-17

announcements.
Nr and Mr." n Culver Matthews
rave issued .fvitatious IT, the mar
riHeo 81 their daughter Mary Anna.
- Frank Leigh hobeson The cere-
mo9% VIII be performed Wednesday
sNcaing, Jane 2gth. at ocfoce ia
the haps4s; church, Elackshurg. Va.
THO bride il Il grad aate Of the VII
g.nia lnfermont coiiege
At and Mrs. II. u Mcintyre tave
sert out Invitations for the mar
rage Of their daughter Mamie No
Cofmlek, To Leroy Cox Brlnkiey The
wedding Will take place wednesday.
June zsth, at noon. in the Presby-
terrain church, Henderson. n. {.
Invitations have been issued by SIR
md Mrs. J. l.. pruden, 10 the .aar-
ftage OF their daughter, Carrie Love
Iruden, to Mr.. Michael A. Troy The
wedding viii be soiemnized On Thurs
day afternoon June 27th. IN the
foAth- Street baptist church. Forts.
mouth, Va
MIR. Adolph Jacobs announce the
feirothal OF mis- sister, Florence, T.
MI Eifred Acker, or New York CITY.
AEnunncer@nt has been mad. If
tie approachir wedding Of Miss
Elszaregh Cole Gray. daughter or Nj.
ard Irs. EgRltslon Gray. OF FAntsier
ant5. and Mr. Thomas Engel bar.
{ s.sictn- If Marrenten. ~ Tia sa..,.s-
ge Will tase place jane 2sth n ,aa
he OF Miss Gray The bride Is I'm
sssaslishsd ,satssiesan Hud fwelg
~ thrvughsut Tbs state. Ma.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Bell Was Murdered.

Misunderstanding to reports re-
ceived Sunday, instead of accidently
killing himself while hunting Satur-
day, as was first reported from Bonita,
T. d. Bell was murdered, and youns
man named. Basil Scott has been AZ
rested by Sheriff J. T. Scogg.n and
charged with the crime. 4 negro
named Wash Roberts was also arrest
ed by the MorehOuSe officer,
1t is stated that Scott and Bell had
trouble several days ago. and it is
said that furnished the motive for the
killing. Scott Is said to have reported
the killing to the people of Bonita
and told the details Of the supposed
accidental shooting.
The coroner impaneled jury and
held an inquest, and after hearing all
the evidence Obtainable, ordered the
sheriff to place Scott under arrest
Scott is a member of one of the best
known families in Morehouse parish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
CITY Schools viii Continue.

Monroe.-A conference OF the city
council and city school board was held
Saturday and it was decided to con.
tinue the city schools until the iitiga.
ton over the 3.mill tax demanded by
the parish board is ended In the Fed.
eral court, where the case will ulti.
mately be decided. In accordance
with this decision the schools will
open January for the spring term.
1t was also decided to circulate a
petition asking the property taxpayers
to vote favorably on the proposition to
donate the 5.mill Arkansas, Louisiana
and Gulf railroad tax, which was COL
lected one year ago for school pur.
poses. This fund is now in the bank
and can be used without any further
drain on the taxpayers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Briqand Also a Patriot.

Grayely, so,emnly. with enthusiasm
and large mixture of national pride
the Turkish newspapers publish the
following remarkable piece OF news
tsays the London Globe). A brigand
chief. one Salin. who has been carry
ing on operations for some time ID
the mountains of Gambiek. In Bitny
MIA. not a great distance from Con-
stantinople, and for whom the Turkish
gendarmerie have for long sought 10
vain. alive or dead, has placed DIE
talents and services at the disposition
of the Turkish authorities. The brig.
and's letter Is curious document
He says 1t is against the wishes OF DIE
heart to give up his calling. but tine
audacity Of these Italian brigands -
an expression which frequently occurs
In the letter--in waging war upon the
Ottoman empire and brutally sei7ins
an Is'amic province, impel him to offef
his services, with those of his bano'
consisting of a hundred men, 10
avenge the national honor and 10
chastise these infdel brigands.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
DIAZ HoNoRED BY SWISS.
Former President of Mexico Rescues
a Child From Drownins-Dec-
GRATED by Government,

: Washington.-General Porfirio Diaz
former president of the Mexican re-
public. now an exile in Europe, has
been decorated by the Swiss govern.
ment with medal of honor for his
rescue of child from drowning at
Berne.
These facts have just reached
Washington in letter received from
a member of the encourage of the for
mer dictator of Mexico. The letter
states that while General Diaz was
in Berne, accompanied by members
of his family, he was amused by the
ants of several small children play
ing near the water.
One of the children, a small girl,
toppled into the water, and just as
the spectators were expecting a
tragic drowning, a grizzled, gray. man
of 81, to the surprise of the bystand-
ers, threw himself into the water and
rescued the child after long swim.
The man was General Diaz. For his
bravery, said the letter received
Thursday, General Diaz has been dec.
Grated with a medal of honor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
ON DEAD MOTHERS BREAST.
Five-Year-Old Son Protected From
Cold by Parents Body and
May Recover.

Hutchinson, Kan.-After an all.
night search in a binding snowstorm
w. D. Milton found the body of his
wife Friday buried in the snow near
Fowler. Clinging to her breast was
their. 5-year-old son. The boy was
protected from the cold by his moth
er's body and was still alive. He may
recover.
Mrs. Milton taught school at St..
Jacobs Well, sixteen miles from Min
nicola. She started home with her son
in a buggy after school. 1t had been
showing nearly all day and the road
was blocked with drifts of snow in
many places, making progress prac-
tically impossible. The mother evil
IDENTIFY decided to- try to reach her
home by walking across fields and
taking her son with her. deserted the
horse and buggy. Although the home
is nearly two and half miles from
the school. the body was found four
and half miles northeast, showing
she had lost her way.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
.BLAMES SOUTHERN PLANTERS
Head Of New York Syndicate Ayers
Financing Scheme Has Not Been
Properly Understood.

Washington, D. C.-Robert M
Thompson Of New York, head of the
syndicate which proposes to advance
$5O,O00,000 for the purpose of hand
ling the Southern cotton crop, blames
the Southern planter for the delay in
putting the scheme into effect He
declared Wednesday that the syndi'
cate Is still ready to proceed with the
plan which he said meant everything
to the Southern farmer.
I'VE do not reject the plan," he de-
clared. 1T was the South which re.
jected it and the Southern farmers are
opposed to it only because they do
not understand it. They will have to
be educated into the knowledge that
our scheme Is not a speculative one
as they have been led by certain in.
terested parties In the South to be-
lieve. ...s
I'VE would be willing today to put
through the plan which We proposed
some time ago to the committee from
the South which met in New York
and talked over the proposition. We
are mot trying to urge the South to
accept something it does not want,
but If it should appoint a committee
and send it to US, we would see to it
that the plan we suggested was put
through.
las it Is a number of individual
farmers of the South have expressed
their desire to have US handle their
cotton for them on the plan which we
proposed for the entire South. This
will be lesson which will show the
rest of the South just what we in.
tended, and it is probable that by
next year others will be willing to
fall in with the scheme.
THE Southern cotton farmers this
year will lose s3OO,0OO,OOO, and the
trouble is that at least 100000, 900
of this will go abroad. The whole
country. not only the South, will be
the loser by the South's refusal to
accept the economic proposition we
submitted"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
LOUISIANA NEWS
haPPeDlDgs
Of lDterest..
Good Cash Balance.

Baton Rouge. State Of Louis
lana will close the year 1911 with
1886 ,89821 in the fiscal agency banks
of the State, which, while a low ebD
for the State finances, is not low for
the season of the year, and is an in
crease of 100000 over the balance
which the State had in the banks
when 1t closed the 1910 period.
When the state treasurer closed the
books Saturday the State also gets
credit for about $4,000 which comes
to it from the thirteen fiscal agency
banks that have handled the States
funds during the past year and are
paying 3 per cent for the privilege.
The average daily deposits during
1911 in each of the country fiscal
banks were $69,1506S, on which the
State gets per cent interest. max
ing the amount that each country
bank will have to pay the State In IN.
terest $2,07472. AS there are ten
country fiscal banks, it will be ten
times this amount.
The daily average deposits in the
three fiscal agency banks in New Or
leans were not figured out, but the
total interest which the State will get
from the three New Orleans fiscal
banks will be about the same as the
State gets from the ten country banks.
The books show that there is now
ON deposit in the New Orleans Ma
tional bank, Hibernia Bank and Trust
Company and Whitney-Central Ma.
tional bank at the close of the year
a total of $4S5, 1891. There is $4,000
in each of the ten country banks, max
ing 100000 in the parishes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Zebai Agrees to Face Charge.

Baton Rouge.-L. c. Zebal. promi.
nent merchant, against whom charges
were made recently, has wired Sheriff
Randolph that he was in Texarkana,
Ark, and to send Leon Lesueur after
him and he would return. Zebal Is
charged with violating the age of con.
sent statute. The telegram came
rather as a surprise. The sheriff will
at once dispatch Lesueur to TeXar.
kama to bring Zebal back. In his mes
sage Zebal expressed a desire to re-
turn to Baton Rouge and face in court
the charges which have been filed
against him BY the father Of the girl
whom he is alleged to have wronged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
GENERAL REYES IN PRISON
The Same Station Where Madero Re-
ceived a Great Ovation as Sue
cessful Rebel.

City Of MeXico.-General Bernardo
Reyes was lodged Thursday in San
tiago military prison. At the same
station where Francisco l. Madero re-
ceived the greatest ovation perhaps
ever given a Mexican, when he ar
rived here at the conclusion Of his
successful revolution, a handful of
curious poems and sprinkling of the
better element gathered to stare at
the man who had planned to tear Ma
dero from the presidential chair
General Reyes sole remark was ad-
dressed to the newspaper men. AS fol-
lows: Conditions were different
~hen you gentlemen sought inter-
views with me in other days"
General Reyes was joined at San
Luis Potosi by his sons. Bernardo, Jr..
and Alfonso, who had spent the night
In Jail there. They went to San Luis
Potosi to meet their father and were
arrested as suspicious characters"
BY orders Of the government of that
state they were released.
Colonel Lugo. who led the campaign
against Reyes and who brought him
to the capital, was one of the govern
ment's officers in the fight against
Madero and few years ago was ad.
jutant in the war department when
Reyes was minister Of war. At the
hands of Reyes he received two pro-
motions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Holds Intruder at Bay.

Lake Charles.-Sunday, with only
herself and two sisters in the house,
Mrs. Walton White discovered a man,
thought to have been a negro, en-
1eavoring to break into the kitchen
door. She grabbed a pistol and kept
the man at bay until neighbors ar
rived, one of whom took the gun and,
running outside the house, fired four
shots at the intruder, who took flight.
The man escaped, although it la
thought one ball struck him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Amateur Minstrel Presented.

Houma.-An amateur minstrel was
given at the opera house Saturday,
under the direction of Frank Lamont,
for the benefit of the Houma concert
band. The following took part: Prof.
J. DeNardo, Frank Lamont, w. BOOM.
gan, J. Adams, l.. Chauvin, l.. Boud-
reaux, L. Pontiff. E. Brown, H. Wat
kins, L. Chauvin, J. Brown, A. Lee
Blanc, N Chauvin, J. Joliet, ]. billiard,
Misses C. Kelly, T. Porter, M. Athens
and D. Celestin. Miss Helen Wurz-
low recited and read humorous para
graphs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Two Missing Men Sought.

Shreveport letter from Mrs.
Neva Holland of Oakland, Tenn, urges
the local authorities to look for her
father, who left home over year ago
for the Caddo oil fields and has not
been heard from since by relatives,
who are apprehensive. A. J. Bunch of
Silas Station, near Kosciusko, Miss,
is in Shreveport seeking information
that might help him to locate his son,
l. N. Bunch, aged 29 years, whom the
family has not heard from since Au.
gust, when the young man disappear
ed from Shreveport.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Wedding OFF; Man Disappears,

Lake Charles. - Harry Bergland,
manager of the Sweet Lake canal,
has mysteriously disappeared and his
friends fear possible foul play. Berg
land, two weeks ago, ostensibly went
to Port Arthur to we'd He was ex-
pected back in few days, but not
returning, his father wrote to the in
tended bride, who answered that she
knew nothing of Bergland's where
abouts and, further, that the engage
ment had been broken off. Not a
trace has since been found of the man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Seriously Wounded Boy.

Lafayette.-Monday night the little
7.year-old son of Guide Guidry, who
lives near Scott, was shot and seri
Dusty wounded by the accidental ex.
Dlosion of small cartridge with
which the children were playing The
grandfather, John Solari, took the
cartridge and set the fire pan in
which they were kept in the yard,
when one of the missiles exploded,
he bullet striking the child in the
.bdomen, piercing the bowels and in,
Letting a dangerous wound.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Tribunals Life Ended.

Observation-Disclosures the Unit.
ed States Sunday marked the passage
out Of existence of various Federal
courts, tribunals as old as the nation
and more prominent in the early
days of the republic than the supreme
court itself. The new judiciary code,
which now goes. into effect, abolishes
the circuit courts. In the main the
business OF the circuit courts will be
transferred to Federal district courts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Altered the Case.

Mrs. de Mover-"GOod gracious!
This Is the noisiest neighborhood
ever got into. Just hear those children
screech!" Maid-"They're your owf
childers. num-" Mrs. de MoVer-Afe
they? How the little darling are Gu
joying themselves! "-Tit.Bits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Severe Snowstorm.

Kansas City. Mo.-The central West
is in the grip. OF the seyerest snow.
storm and the coolest weather of the
winter. According to the local wealth.
er bureau, snow is falling from the
Texas Panhandle to Ohio. Nebraska.
the Dakotas, Missouri. Oklahoma and
Kansas are experiencing heavy faliu
of snow.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Inspector Whitaker DYING.

New Orleans.-E. S. Whitaker, for
mer inspector of police, accused OF
crimes against children, and on whose
case the supreme court was equally
divided, is dying at the Presbyterian
hospital. Coroner O'Hara says his
hours are numbered. Whitaker is suf-
firing from bowel trouble.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
New oil-Gas Field Discoveries

McAlester, Okla.-Word was re.
ceived Thursday of the discovery OF
new oil-gas field at Red Oak, Lati.
more county. 1t is reported that
well brought a flow of half million
feet OF gas several days ago. The
well was shot Christmas Day and it
Is said to be flowing 100000 feet
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Registration at Universities.

Austin, Textile registration of
students this season In several of the
larger universities is reported to be
as follows: Columbia, 1929; Chi.
cago, e,466; Minnesota, 1866: Wis.
consin, 5,5SS; Pennsylvania, $3.50;
Michigan, 5.SSl; Cornell, 5,1O4.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05

A convict in Ohio has contracted
tuberculosis from tainted money bills
which he slipped In his mouth This
IL a terrible warning. but the chances
are that given the bills. the majority
viii consent to risk the germs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05

A capitalist recently went to New
York and got rid Of $1O,OO0,0OO in
three months. If he had gone to
really competent New Workers he
could have got rid of 1t In less than
three days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Traffic Tied Up by Bad Roads.

st. Martinyille.-The rainy spell OF
weather which has prevailed several
weeks has caused roads throughout
the parish to become impossible
Cane hauling has stopped altogether
and traffic in general is tied up.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05

A Chicago saloon keeper was Hned
$50 for abusing a policeman who told
him to close his saloon after / a. m.
1t never pays to be sassy to copper,
especially In Chicago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
Bayous OverfloWlnu.

Gilbert.-The continued rains of the
past three weeks have caused the
Dayous to overflow and the roads are
almost impossible. The remaining
cotton in the, fields may be lost, the
Dad weather delaying it's harvesting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-05
DR.. SUN VAT SEN PRESIDENT
OF the New Republic Of china-EIec.
ton Means End Of the Peace
Conference.

Nankin.--Dr. Sun Vat Sen has been
unanimously elected president of the
republic. Sun Vat Sens election as
president of the republic by the Nan.
kin conference Thursday means that
the peace conference between WI
Ting Fang and Tang Shao vi is
closed. The president will assume
charge Of all negotiations. The con.
tinuance of these negotiations with
Yuan Shi Kai as the representative
OF the retiring Manchu royalty will
depend entirely upon the immediate
withdrawal Of all the so-called i'm.
perial troops from all points of con.
tact with the revolutionaries.