Arizona republican., 1913-10-21

from his position as commissioner of
 railways until three days after Dr.
 Sun issued his proclamation. in
 which he called upon Yuan Shi-l1ai
 to resign and declared the people
 of six or seven provinces have de-
 termined to sacrifice their lives in
 order to oppose his tyranny as a
 public servant
 On successive days between April 20 and May it is known that at
 least four or five Americans and
 one Chinese called upon Sun Yat Sen, and each assured him that
 there was not sufficient cause for a
 second revolution; that upon the
 contrary the overwhelming senti- ment of the business men. of the guilds, and of the leaders of public opinion in these provinces was against a second revolution More over, his own party, the Kuoming tang, in Peking, was greatly troubled
 over the reports reaching them of his intention to start rebellion. These members of parliament were keeping in close touch with their
 constituencies at home and they
 knew the public sentiment of China.
 On May they sent a leading rep
 T
 to Shanghai to inform Sun Vat Sen
 that not a single province favored
 rebellion, and that they would not
 follow him into political suicide. The
 outcome of the war shows that the
 leaders of the Kuomingtang were
 right, and that Sun Yat Sens state
 ment that the people of six or seven
 provinces were willing to die to overthrow Yuan Shi-kai rested upon either blindness to the facts or mali
 cious misrepresentation.
 The war has brought five serious dangers to China: First, it has com pelled a considerable increase in eX- penses at a critical time and it has disorganiZed the industries of cen tral China, and in some measure of all China, so that temporarily the nation is in as bad a financial con- dition as at the close of the revolu tion. Second, it left the nation help 1 less against further aggression by i Russia and Japan, and Russia has l taken advantage of the crisis and is 1 trying to compel Yuan Shi-kai to | sign a release of, all Chinese claims ! to Mongolia. Third, the outcome has |! made clear to the Chinese soldiers ] that in times of uncertainty like the | present government rests upon phys i ical force, and upon the army as the 1 embodiment of that force. Fourth, a | large majority of the young men of ] China who are influential today and | who may be the leaders of China to- l morrow, distrust Yuan Shi-kai They 1 say that he betrayed Kuang Hsu for 1 the empress dowager in 1898; that l he betrayed the empress dowager by i refusing to attack the foreigners in | 1900; that he betrayed Prince Gnu ! in 1911. and that he will now betray 1 the republic. Whatever may be the 1 cause of their distrust, their lack of 1 confidence in Yuan Shi-kai is the ! most serious problem which con 1 fronts China. If their Judgment re- mains unchanged and their views gradually permeate the nation, there may be future rebellions and repub- lican government under Yuan Shi- kai may become impossible. In this case, Yuan Shi-kai may feel com pelled to retire; and his retirement 1 at the present time would be a mis- fortune to China.
 Upon the other hand. there are four grounds of hope. First China was face to face with crisis which demanded some solution in the near future. The central government, by the failure of the provinces to send