The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-13
Foreign Financial Control or
Foreign Debt Commission
Looked for in the Immedi-
ate Future.
PROVINCES REFUSE TO
SUPPORT GOVERNMENT
Torn by Internal Strife, Condi-
tions in New Republic Have
Long Been in State of Ae-
tual Anarchy.
tBy Leased Wire 10 Rrcning uernid.1

tBy Leased Wire 90 Evcning Herald
Picking. Aprl 13.-That Yuan
Shi-kai's government Is faced with a
serious financial crisis Is the opinion
of "a substantial body Of foreigners in
Picking and the treaty ports Of China
These men predict foreign financial
control or a foreign public debt COM
mission The difficulty OF the situa-
tioB Is that the president and his sur
porters are up TO the present. unaole
To- obtain money from the provinces
for the administrative requirements
of the central government. \ letter
to the president from the Tutun
military governor) Of Human. ac-
companying a remittance of S20O. 600.
contains an interesting statement ui
the case from a practical Chinese
point Of view. Tang Ming. the
Tutuh. says:
"of late the country has neen In a
turmoil Of civil strife and frontier
troubles, and scarcely a day has pass
cd without some military operations.
After your eXcellency suppressed the
internal troubles and made peaceful
settlements with the powers. the nrst
thing hat attracted your attention
was the financial administration
Foreign loans have been rcsorted 20
to relieve the %country's financial em-
barrassment, but owing to the fact
that the terms Of the foreign syndi-
Gates were . harsh. some patriotic
people have suggested ways of oil
lecting taxes while Others proposed O
retrenchment policy. hut all these
speciOus words and theories can do
no real good 10 the country.
During this critical period there
seems TO be hardly any remedy for
the country's financial troubles. When
! g the documents from the cen
trail government stating It's hnanciai
difficulties and the orders Of your ex-
c%ellency. ] gave vent 10 my GRIEF IN
sdbs and tears. like everyone else WA
has the sense OF patriotism.
We are In duty bound to relic e
the embarrassment ri the govern
ment " the provinces do not hela.
national bankruptcy will result ana
the nation will lose It's Independence.
Ana II the nation is obliteratcd. how
could the province OF Human exis,
alone? hereby remit the sum oi
100000 CMeNicanD to the govern
ment.
II should oe borne In mind thpt
the financial condition Of Human Is
quite different from that ~ other pro-
vincos. Oug remittance. though not
large, Is sufficient 90 display our pat
riotism and anxiety over the ritun
ton. CSignedl
TANG-HSING-MI MING.
This gift, as It might be called.
from the province Of Human. small
as it is, Is exceptional As s. rule lit-
Tie or nothing can be got from the
provinces; they are. on the contrary.
continually calling upon the central
government FOR assistance. the Tuhuhs
threatening hat rebellion, or orig
andage and lootinR that will impii.
cate the government with foreigners
viii result unless the assistance b
forthcoming.
The president and his supporters
hy employing The army succeeded 90
suppressing the rebellion OF last sum.
mel; but they have not been able O.
stamp out the elements Of disurdc-
Indeed, In order Ia do this they would
have 10 abolish the army ITSELF
meroenary situation, ~ The frontier
lighting and the recent rebollioai
have shown. lacking discipline and not
yet developed above the idea that IA,
privilege of soldiers IL .he right &,
plumber Vet the president has no.
the power 10 dishnHd several hundre
thousand men Ia arms.
DISCRIMINATION throughout ths
country prevents the government
from collectine ~ ON western lines
from the provinces as a whole. whi,
active Spposition-which will last. II
b. said. az long az Yuan-Shi-Kai re-
mains prosldent-wouid otherwise
present. In tbs sogthorn province
the institution Of a new western sys.
tenn But the greatest difficulty is be-
iieved oy foreigners here In PeSing a.
be the lack throughout the nation 90
capable men, possessing the charar-
ter and intelligence necessary to build
up "A modern system out OF the corrupt
anu antiquated eastern one which the
country knows
Yuan-Shi-Kais government has
fallen back on the old MaEchu sys-
tom OF giving the governor Bormsris
the viceroy borders 10 send 90 the
capital certain definite amounts.
leaving the governor 10 collect ~ be
can sufficient above the required sum
20 pay his provinces expenses. in
Guiding the cost of his provincial arr
my and what sums he chooses io
take ~ his personal compensa-
ton. But even this plan hitherto has
failed, for the central government has
NOT been able 20 eov the prestige
and power which the Manchus heid.
feeble as they were. The Associated
Press correspondence from Peklng
has shown now the so-calied modern
army refused 10 fight the M0ugl 81
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