Arizona republican., 1915-10-30
Chinese Premier Resigns and While Reason Not Given Believed Out of Sympathy With Proposed Return to Monarchy
UNITED STATES
 WITHHOLDS COMMENT
Interested Powers Learn Washington Will Take No Step Interfering With Internal Concerns of An other Sovereign State
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1spArcH1

WASHINGTON, oct 29-The re- Isignaton of Hau Shin Chang. Chi nese premier. is announced in an of ficial telegram from Picking The reason is not given but it IS pre- sumed he was out of sympathy with
 the proposed change from republic Ito a monarchy.
 The United States has declined to express any opinion as to whether it
 approves of the proposed change in
 China from a republic to q monarchy.
 It became known that some of the
 interested powers. in seeking to sound
 out the Washington government in-
 formally. had learned that the latter
 would take no step that might be
 construed as interference in the in
 ternal concern of another sovereign
 state The Chinese government itself
 has not asked the views of the United
 States and officially nothing has been
 said here on the subject. It is known however. that privately hope is enter tained in Washington that the change will not be made.
 This is based not only on a natural sympathy for 9 republican form of government but because of the belief that the change might affect the poH- tical equilibrium of the far east at this time. The fact that President Yuan Shi Kai was elected for term Of ten years and is in dominant con trol of the situation. appears to those conversant with far eastern affairs to make any change at the present unnecessary and iIltime6 Ameri- can Minister Reinsch has reported from Picking that the Japanese and British governments seemed to be opposed to the change and officials would not be surprised to learn through press dispatches. of a call at the Chinese foreign office by the British Russian and Japanese minis ters and of a formal statement from Tokio of Japan's opposition
 Interest in the far eastern situation. which for months has been over shadowed by the controversies of the European war. was revived in official quarters by the dispatch announcing the resignation of the Chinese premier, Hau Shin Chang. This development is regarded as significant because few weeks ago the premier made public a statement saying that IS former official of the Manchu dynasty he could not serve under another emperor.
 The American minister having re- ceived no instructions from Washing ton has not participated in any of the parIeys on the subject at PekinS.
 Both the British and Japanese em- bassies here are watching the situa- tion closely and the same views that were reported in the case of the Picking dispatches as being expected by the British and Japanese minis ters were reflected by the ambassa- dOrs here.
 At the Chinese legation comemnt on the situation was withheld. Official notification of the appointment of Dr. Wellington Koo to be Chinese here came to the state de- partment today l. is understood that pr Roo. who is a close friend of President Yuan Shi Kai. is in favor If a monarchy He is visiting Eng land and France now, it is believed, out the powers on the change in government He is expected in in a few weeks.