The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-14
In BAD
FINANCIAL
CONDITION
According TO Opinion of For
ereignefs and Outside Finan-
ciaI Control Predicted.


a substantial body of foreigners IN
Picking and the treaty ports of China:
These men predict foreign hnancfn4
control or a foreign public debt COM
mission. The difficulty of the sttua-
ton Is that the president and his sup
porters are, up to the present, unable
to obtain money from the provinces
for the administrative requirements of
the central government. A letter TO
the president from the Tutuh (mtIi-
tary Soyernor) OF Human, accompany
ing a remittance OF $Z0O,OOU, contains
an interesting statement OF the case
from a practical Chinese point OF view.
Tang Hsing-ming, the Tututh, says:
"Of late the country has been In
turmoil of civil strife and frontier
troubles, and scarcely day mas
passed without some military opera
tons. After your excellency SUPPRESS
ed the internal troubles and made
neacefuI settlements with the powers,
the first thing that attracted your at
tention was the financial admlnlsIra-
ton. Foreign loans have been re-
sorted to to relieve the countrys a
nanciaI embarrassment, but owing TO
the fact that the terms of the foreign
syndicates were too harsh, some pa
triotic people have suggested ways OF
collecting taxes while others proposed
a retrenchment policy. But all these
specious words and theories can do
no real good to the country.
No Remedy IN Sight.
"During this critical period there
seems to be hardly any remedy l LOT snI
country's financial troubles. When |
read the documents from the central
government stating its hnapc1al DIM
culties and the orders OF your e&cel4-
ency. l gave vent to my griet IN soDs
and tears, like everyone else VINO mas
the sense of patriotism.
1--WE are in duty bound to relieve the
embarrassme Of the government.
the provinces do not help, national
hanl,runtcy will result and the nation
will lose its independence. And II the
nation is obliterated, how could the
nrovince of Human exist alone? here
nv remit the sum of $400,0 900 (MexicanJ
to the government.
\ ct should be borne in mind that
| the financial condition of Human Is
cutie dffferent from that of other prov
inces. 1t would be easy " TOT a,,, o1m9t
provinces to raise double the amount.
| 0nr remittance, though not large, rs
sufficient to display our PATRIOTISM ana
anxiety over the situation.
dsfeneO TANG HSING-MlNG-
This gift, as it might be called, from
the province of Human, small as II 10
| Is exceptional. AS rule little OF
nothing can be gotten from tne pro .Ill
| res. thew are, on the contrary, CON.
tfnna1ly calling upon the central gov
eminent for assistance, the Iutuns
| tbreatening that rebellion, or brtgand-
aea and footing that will tmplicate
the government with foreigners, viii
result unless, the assistance is forth
coming. No.
The president and his supporters
/ %hn mr. SnCCeSQGQ
EMBARRASSING the rebellion of last sum
mer: but they have not been able 70
e+ayon ont the clements OF disorder.
Tndeed in order to do this they would
have to abolish the army itsens.a
mercenary situation, as the 1FonClel
fphting and the recent rebelllons nav
shown. lacking discipline and not ye'
Developed above the idea tnaI tne go, -.
i1ege of soldiers Is the right 20 plu n1l
ar Vet the president has not the
nower to disband several hundred
thousand men in arms. ~.
INSTRUMENTATION throughout the
country prevents the government from
collecting taxes on western nnss
from the provinces as Wno1e, Whlte
active opposition-which VIII iast' y
"a said. as long as Yuan Sh1-kal re-
oafns nresident-would otherwise
nraaant. in the southern provinces, the
| iI,s+itI14ion of a new western system.
E,S+ +ba greatest difficulty is believed
~ soreieners here in Picking to be
the lack throughout the nation OF
ENABLE men, possessing the CHAR
scfer and intelligence necessary to
h1,i1d IN a modern system out OF the
corrupt and antiQuated eastern one
vrhich the country knows.
Yuan Shf-kai's government has raj
Ian hacl, on the old Manchu system
aF wing the governor formerly the
S,tcerov1 orders to send to the capital
cartain definite amounts, leaving the
Governor to collect as he can sutt1c-
Ssn+ above the required sum to pay
ISis nroyfnce's expenses, including the
cost of his provincial army, and what
SIMS he chooses to take as his own
,,arsonal compensation. But even this
1Ian hitherto has failed, for the CEN
t,.oJ Government has not been able 10
racove1- the prestige and power Wnlch
the Manchus held feeble as they V'cFe.
THE Associated Press correspondence
from Picking has shown how the So
called modern army refused 10 nght
the Mongol tribesmen WITHIN the
nroyince of the capial, Chill, ITSELF
and how. when disbanded, the troops
ioin brigand bands, one OF which IN
the province Immediately south OF
Chilli. numbers, 1t is calculated, over
5 900 men.
Except where foreigners are given
control or a measure Of it-as IN the
case of the extensive salt tax, the
salt Gabelle,-the government IS able
to collect little in the way OF revenues
yuan Shi-kai might employ more for
efgners and put them in authority, but
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