The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-13
MONEY CRISIS FACES new
REGIME IN CHINESE NATION
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bankruptcy will result and the nation
will lose it's independence. And If the
nation is obitcrated, how could the
province of Human exist alone?
hereby remit the sum of $i00.G00 Mex
icam L. the government.
III should be borne in mind that the
financial condition of Human is quite
different from that of other provinces.
II would he easy for other provinces tu
raise double the amount. our remit =
lance, though not large, is sufficient "a
display our patriotism and anxiety over
the situation.
(SgneD Tang iisiang- ming
This gift, as it might be called. from
the province of Human. small as 1t ~
is exceptional. AS a rule little or Moth
they are. ON the contrary. continually
calling upon the central government
for assistance, the Tutuhs threatening
that rebellion, or briganda2e and loot
ing that will implicate the government
with foreigners, will result unless thf
assistance is forthcoming.
Disorder Still Prevails.
The president and his supporters. 10y
employing the army, succeeded I'm sup
pressing the rebellion of last summer;
out the clements Of disorder. Indeed
i'm order To do this they would have I,
abolish the army itself-a mercenarS
situation, as the frontier fighting anC
the recent rebcllions have shown. lack
ing discipline and not yet developed
above the idea that the privilege OF
soldiers is the right To plumber ie
the president has not the power tn dis
band several hundred thousand men il
arms.
DISCRIMINATION throughout the
country prevents the government from
collecting taxes on Western lines from
the provinces as "a whole. while activ,
opposition which will last, ii is said
as long as Yuan Shi-kai remains pres.
ident-would, otherwise present, in tn,
southern provinces. the institution of {
new western system. But the creates
difficulty is believed by foreigners here
in Picking to be the lack throughout Tho
nation of capable men, possessing thu
character and intelligence necessary t'
build up u modern system out of thu
corrupt and antiquatcd eastern ont
which the country knows.
THE men i'm high positions round thu
president are all of the old school. al
most every one having been high Off
Gals under the Manchus; and it Il
generally understood in China that |
was the Chinese and not the Manchu
| who most opposed the entry of tn
| foreigner. The opposition To foreign
| ers, however. exists not only in tn
presidents palace. Whenever the pres
| idential government negotiates wit
| foreigners. i'm making loans, granting
| concessions, or any other business II
which there might he squeeze or tn
| surrender of authority in any form,
noisy opposition rises. And in view "
the feebleness of the government an
| the danger of employing the army
such excitements have to he curbc
and controlled by diplomacy The dan
ger of them has been shown i'm yer
recent years. the Szechuan outbreal
which was the beginning of the anti
Manchu rebellion. having been create
on the cutlery against the Hukwa
Railway contract.
Seek Loan From Foreigners.
In desperation the government
now endeavoring to obtain anothe
large loan from The Quintuple Grou
of Bankers. composed of French, Ger
man. British. Japanese and Russia
banks. supported by their respectiv
Governments. Ii will he remembers
that last years 25.O00,000 pounds loa
was the cause of a considerable out
break among parliamentary member
loyoinst Yuan Shi-kai and was one ,
tho prominent causes of the rebellio
of last summer. Feeling that Yuan
Government is too disorganized an
unstable to trust with another lars
loan. the Quintuplc legations are RI
ouiring the banks to stipulatc whi
amounts To foreign control of China
4, finances fer period of, ii is state
' afty years. as a condition of any ful
, thor extensive borrowing.
Tn To the present the governmei
has rorused this condition, and is ge
ting along as best 1T can with smo
loans at high interest. parts of whic
are sometimes taken out in arms, an
: muntion and other necessities OF q
ministries. Sometimes railway an
lo,hcr concessions are granted for SUE
!, uncontrolled loans. But IL is DeneV'
that the day Of reckoning will SOC
arriye'