The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
YUAN SIlH-K'AL, THE MAN
WHO is REsMAKING CHINA

such interviews beyond the usual in
uuiries in the East: lis it your first?"
and How do you like pekn?" At pres
ent he is busy appointing local provln-
Cial Governors. lie is a keen Judge of
men, and has, through his long and
varied official life, made widespread ac-
uuaintancos that serve him well. He
works early and late.
What, then, is tn trouble?
They call him "reactionary." In the
:, nse that he has overturned an un-
workable radical plan it may he true,
but that is not what they hint at in
public and roundly aver in private.
SOM say that he Will make himself
Emperor. Others say he has no need
to do sO, and add that he is a non-noble
Chinese. The standing OF his family
does not warrant imperial hopes of
Yuan dN nasty. lie has suppressed the
republic Presently he will hand over
the country they say. to the posed
ManChus under a new and improved
regime.
Not lightly may this be- said. They
recall things, however. They point out
with suspicion what Yuan himself points
tn with pride, namely that when he took
over the Government he said that tn"
lives Of these people who had rul' Il
China for three centuries must not Ice
taken.
II do not wish to ak the imperial
family to ahdicate they made me what
| am. | cannot say tn them 'ahdicate.'"
But YOU must; there is no other
way"
Yuan found way. lie produced an
,dict from the imperial house ordering
him to organize a republic
In return he housed the young En-
pcror Hsuln Tuug. who is now years
old and reported to he a studiouS lad
with his family in palace Within the
Forbidden city. a palace with pleasure
gardens and nice walks and artificial
ponds. He is waited on 10y the imperial
Mlnchu servants and watched over 10y
an armed and uniformed imperial Man
chu guard. He is said not To- luow that
he is deposcd; that he issues ord rs that
are not executed under one prctense
or another.
In all this there il something touch
ing on the part Of Yuan. The 81 mont
of personal devotion enters into II. But
the critics are not satisfied. Tn y say
that II he sees himself falling %" " 70
turn over the country 20 ~. Mnnch"S
who VIII have bee, II enlightened 10y me-
fortune Others say that in case Of
the expected success Of his rule h, viii
hold on as long as his Vigur rcma ms
and then pctsaude the country to ac-
cept a limited empire. with the young
Emp ror-a man by that time and
reared to- knEship under his rcgime-
ON the throne.
Plainly these are the mcr,st guesScs.
4 81 L.. H..
Yuan did not slaughter his imp, rial pa
irons root and branch when he took
oyer the Government according to the
prrceptS of Niccolo Machny,lli He
faces a suspicion In consequence. bat
that is not So important actually l. ISL
the vague forcshadowiuE ui an uuc"r-
'ajn future.
The reL. and impending trouble viii
come from its actual abolition of repr'.
sentative government. II is ruUNdN
asserted that without it no governments
in china can endir'. Sober. elderly
men say that not merely hLr"-hra,nrd
YOUNGSTERS fresh from high school.
It was one thing to trip up. 10 ohfls-
cate and hold up 10 ridiculv the ueo-
ph'l,s under sun Vat S'u and ,h. i".-
lamrut they made. 1t W. br quiz, an
other Go deny, Us the President nov
does, any real share IN the gov. uumru'
to the people of china. Il is No., fash
ionlhlc t. say that. but some one. even
in Nuau's interest. should say II. p.p'p-
mat.Sts. with their ingrain,d habit aud
custom of accepting whatever is VITA
a polite smile. Will not say il, Ncw.-
paper men VINO must live m rhua had
better not say il. hut It may as we'll nr
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