The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-02-16
CR|NA'S THRONE NO MORE |
AFTER NEARLY THREE HUNnREn
YEARS MANcHUS AaDlCATE,
DR.. sun VAT SEN IS PRESIDENT
edIcts Issued for establishments Of
Republic, and Maintenance
Of Peace, Etc.

Of Peace, Etc.
Washlngton.-Dr. Sun Vat Sen. first
president of the Chinese republic is
naturaiized American.
Pekln, China.-After occupying the
throne Of China for nearly three cen.
turtles, Manchu dynasty, represented
by the child emperor, Pu Vi, abated
Monday. Three edicts were issued
the first proclaiming abdication; the
second dealing with the establishment
OF the republic, and the third urging
the maintenance Of peace and approx.
ing the conditions agreed upon by the
imperial premier, Yuan Shi Kai, and
the republicans.
AT al audience the empress dow.
ager touchingly thanked Yuan Shi Kai
| for his successful efforts in Obtain
ing good treatment for the minerals
from the republicans. The publca.
| ton OF the ediCts has given profound
| relief to every one In Pekin, both for
eigners and Chinese. The arrange
| ment is considered to be a skilIful
! compromise and it is believed the
terms will be satisfactory to the re-
! pubicans. The first edict provides
that the terms shall be communicated
to the foreign legations for transmits
sion to their governments, the object
being to record worldwide the repub.
liCan pledges.
Text of the imperial Edcts.
The text of the imperial edicts
issued by the throne Monday is as fol.
lows:
I'VE, the emperor of China, have re-
specially received today the following
edict from the hands of her majesty,
the dowager empress:
In consequence of the uprising OF
the republican army, to which the PEG
pie of the provinces of China have re
spOnded, the empire is seething like
a boiling caldron and the people are
plunged in misery.
Yuan Shi Kai was therefore com
manded to dispatch commissioners If
order to confer with the republicans
with a view to calling of a nationa
assembly to decide on the future form
of government. Months have elapsed
and no settlement is now evident.
1.-The majority Of the people are IL
favor of republic. From the prefer
ence of the peoples hearts the will o
heaven is discernible. How could W,
oppose the desires of millions for tn
glory of one family?
Therefore we, the dowager en-
press and the emperor, hereby yes
the sovereignty of the Chinese en-
pire in the people.
LET Yuan Shi Kai organize to tn
full the powers of the provisional re
publican government and confer wit
the republicans as to the methods
union, assuring peace in the empir
and forming a great republic with tn
union of Manchus, Chinese, Mongol:
Mohammedans and Tibetans.'
Republican Pledges to Emperor.
In consideration for abdication tn
republicans make the following eigh
pledges to the emperor:
The emperor shall retain his It'll
and shall be respected as forelg
monarch.
The emperor shall receive an annu;
grant of 100000 taels until the Gu
rency is reformed, after which b
Shall receive 100000 (Mexican).
A temporary residence shall be pr
vided in the Forbidden City and late
the imperial family shall reside in til
summer palace, ten miles outside
Pekin.
The emperor may observe the sacI
fees at his ancestral tombs and ter
pies which will be protected by r
publican soldiers.
The great tomb of the late empero
Kwang Su, will be completed and u
funeral ceremony fittingly observed
the republics expense
- The palace attendants may be T
Z tanned, but the number OF eunucf
8 can not be increased.
The emperor's property will be pr
q tected by the republic.
The imperial guards will be go
erned by the army board, the repuDi
4 paying their salaries.
A contended point as to Wheth'
q the throne shall be perpetuated or WI
s terminate with the present emperor
4 death is not mentioned.