New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-25
CHINESE PRESIDENT
AGAIN ACCUSES JAPAN
General Ii Yuan-Lung Sure
Toxic Government Took
Hand in Recent Revolt.
DR.. SUN POLITICIAN
Saws Southern Leaders Are Not
Patriots, but Are Out Mere
ly for Personal Ag-
grandizement.

fBv cable 20 The Tribune. ]
Shanghai. Aug 24-"The China Press.
an American newspaper here and one
/ OF the leading foreign dailies IN the
Far East. publishes an interesting inter
view with General Ii Nuan-hung' wee
President Of the Republic Of CHINA ana
| foremost leader I'm the revolt OF 1911 INIT
ended with the overthrow Of the Manchus
ord tho establishment OF the republic.
| OF particular interest are the views OF
General Ii concerning the assistance tha'
is being given the revolutionis's pS '"e
japanese.
! He openly accuses japanese cluZehs W
/ aiding the rebellion. which ne u-o IS en-
deavoring to suppress. being most Ioya'
10 Yuan Shh-kai. and strongly intmates
that the Japanese government tseh j.
interested In the matter. He .ays mat
/ 1.rsr desires a weak China. china d-
vidcd I'm twain or even In several parts.
His comments concerning Dr Sun Nat-
sen. General Huang HsinE ana "tner
/ leaders Of the present rebellion. most OF
whom took a prominent part In the re-
volt against the Manchus. arr also IN
teresting He declares that these leaders
are not patriots. Tut simply disappointed
noliticians. out for personal aSgrandize-
ment. He SAYS that Sur fat-sen had
nothing To do with the success OF the last
! revolution.
General Ii az Wu-,hans.
Tho correspondent Of THE China Press
who saw General Ii at Wu-Chang "hich
is across the Yang-Tsc River from Han
kow. asked him to what extent the pres
ent.revolt is being aided by foreigners.
I General II pondered moment. and then
launched forth into a full discussion Of
the matter. saying
TO considerable extent, in fact.l
40 not think it could have been stared
without foreign help"
What is the character OF this assist
ance?" the correspondent asked
Both financial and personal We know
! that a number Of japanese are actively
: assisting the rebels. and some Of them
are military men. I could. II time per
= mitted give YOU hundred SPECIFIC in
stances. all pointing TO the same con
/ clusion. which Is that japanese subjects
have been active in plots against the
government Of China. and that the Jap
anese government has oblgingy shut rs
ewes TO their operations. If. indeed IL has
not rendered direct assistance
Every time we have discovered a nest
Of plotters. bomb throvers and the like
they have been closely associated with
japanese and Japan. They have been
constant associates with japanese. con-
! sort with japanese loose women and bad
characters. and arrive and depart by
I t~I
who get of escape this way. This is not
/ accidental and II is not mere coincidence.
That might occur on one or perhaps sew
eral cases but not invariably.
Smuggling Arms by Night.
! I'VE have known that for some months
japanese ships plying on the Yang-Tse
River have been bringing In arms and
ammunition for the troops at Marking.
I Kiang-Si and Human. which are now re-
belling against the government. The
ships would stop outside Nursing at
night and take the cargo aboard from
lighters. They would stop in the river AT
designated piaces-Ku-ku was one-and
discharge the cargo, also at night. In
| this way supply OF arms and ammun
ton was gradually got in. which has
enabled the rebellion TO make a begin
ming. We regularly had our agents trav-
cling on these ships and reporting what
occurred"
GLOW were these purchases financed"
was the next question.
principally in Japan, believe. The
Kuo Ming tang (National party has not
nossessed sufficient funds Of itself Tho
recent Japa nese loan to HUMAN Province
is a case in point. 100000 secured by
concession covering all mining rights in
the province. Does any one who knows
the East think such loan could be
financed in Japan without the help OF
| the Japanese government? Silver TO pay
| the rebel troops and keep them together
mas also been brought by japanese ships.
| Ex- Governor Ii. OF Kiang-Si Province.
went out by a Japanese ship. and re-
| turned to start his revolt In one
Japanese ship or gunboat has always
been about whenever required to help the
antigovernment plotters TO escape II
they were discovered. / could give you
twenty instances. We know the names OF
some japanese who have been helping
the conspirators.
what object would Japan have In fos-
,ering disorder In China the CORE
spondent asked
! Japan Wants a Weak China.
Japan does not want China to grow
.,ro,o" Ii replied That Is her broad
noIitical object. and she adopts various
means of keeping China back and retard-
| ing her DEVELOPMENT. One way TO keep
china weak is to split the country into
,wo or several parts. each arrayeL
AGAINST the others. way to retard and
,r.vant our development Ia TO put obsts-
nI.s IN the way OF introduction OF mod
ern industrialism
..The Human loan is a good example OF
,his method The loan is for N0m.oo.
OF which the province. or. rather. the