Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-15
(A~ssociafod Press Corrcspondcncc.)

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Picking. April l5.-That Yuan Shi kai's
government il faced with a serious finan-
cial crisis i the opinion of a substantial
body oi foreigners in Picking and the
Treaty Ports of China. Thee men pre-
diet foreign financial control or a foreign
public debt commission. The difficulty
of tn. situation j. that the President and
his supporters are. up 10 the present. IN
able to obtain In'ncy from the provinces
for the administrative requirements Of
the central government. \ letter to the
President from the Tutuh military gov
ernCri Of Human. accompanying 4 re
mitiance of 500 UU. contains an inter
csting statement of the ease from u prac-
teal Chinese point of view. Tang IISiang
ming: the Tutuh. SAYS
"Of late the country has been in "A
turmoil II civil strife aud frontier t-ou
blc,. and scarcely a day has PASSED with
out some military operations. After Nonr
Excrllcncy suppressed the internal trnu-
bles and made peaceful settlements with
the powers. the first thing that attract
ell sour attention WAS the financial nj
mini>lration embarrassment. hut owing
TO the fact that the terms Of the fo~cign
slndicatc> were too harsh. some patriotic
people have suggested ways If collecting
taxes while others proposed 4 rctrcnch-
menl policy. But al these speci0us words
and theories can do no real good 10 the
country
During this critical period there
seems o. he hardly any remedy for the
%conniry's financial troubles When |
read the documents from the Central gov
nmc stating it, financial Difficult
ties ANIL the orders of your ENcellrncN.
| gave vent Ia my grief ia SobS and tears
like everyone else who has the sense Of
patriotism.
Wv. are in duty bound Ia relieve the
embarrassment Of the government. III he
provinces de- not help. national bankrupt
cy will result aud the nation will lose
its independence. AND If the nation IL
oblitCratcd. how could the province of
Human exist alone? | hereby remit the
sum IL ~lO0.um Mcxicanl t. the govern.
mcnt.
1T should lc borne IN mind that the
financial condition of Human L. quite
different from that of other provinces.
IL would hc cas-, for other provinces a.
raise double the amount. Our rpmittancc.
though not large. j. sufficient to display
our patriotism and anxiety over the Sit
uation.
tSigncdl Tang IlSiang ming"
This Gift. ~ II might ~ called. from the
province of Human. small a. il -. il ex.
crptional. \ 4 rule little or nothing can
b. got from The prov incr>: they are. on
the contrary. continually calling upon
the central government for assistance.
the ruruhS threatening that rebellion. or
bri.andacc and lootiug hat Will impli
cate the government with foreigners will
result unless the a>>i>taincr j. forthcom
ing.
The President and his supporters. BY
cmI,loNin the army. succeeded IN sup
pressing the rebellion of last summer.
hut they have not been able a. stamp out
the clements of disorder. Indeed. in or
der ln do this they would have Ia abol
i>h the army itself a n%E,rccnarN >itua-
fion. rs he frontier fighting and the re-
rent rrhcilionS have shown. lacking dis
ciplinc aud not vet developed above the
idea thai the privilege of soldiers i the
right 10 plumber. Vet the President ha>
not The bower Ia dishand several hun
tlrcd thousand men i'm arms.
n"iSorggniZation throughout the coun
try prevents the government from col
lccting taxes on Western lines from the
provinces ~ 4 whole. Will. active upnn-
sition which will last ia l. said. ~
long n Yuan Shi kai remains President
would otherwise present. IN the south
ern provinces. the institution If = new
western system. But the greatest diff
cult, il believed bs Foreigners here IN
Picking 10 hc the lack throughout the na
ton ~ capable men. possessing the char
actcr aud intelligence necessary 10 build
up a modern system out Of the. corrupt
and ahiiqnated eastern One which the
country known
Yuan Shi-kai'S government has fallen
on the old Manchu system II giving the
Governor formerly the Nicerosi ordcM
a. send t. the capital certain definite
amounts. leaving the governor 10 collect