The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
Yuan Shih-k'ai Buys Place
in why?

wiling the political intervention and
economic domination Of Japan.
That the Chinese are perfectly pre-
pared for the reestablishment Of a
monarchy is due to the fact that when
little Emperor Pu-Yi was removed
from the throne in 1911 the people
were given to understand that the
monarchy had merely gone into tenn
porary retirement on account of the
young rulers shortcomings and in
order to afford to the nation an OPP
portunity to experiment in the art Of
governing itself.
The document appointed Yuan Shin
Raj. then Premier. to organize the
new republic. and to become its pro-
visional President, and contained a
long list Of errors which Emperor
Pu-Yi, then s, claimed to have COM
mitted since his accession to the
throne, and for which he asked par
don of his 400, 900 900 people. This Is
the only instance on record of n reign
ing dynasty making use of it's SOW
ereign power to bring into existence
n establish the republic by means
Of which the people were to be af-
~ W
In the art Of self-government.
The experiment has by common
consent proved a costly failure and IL
coming to an end. The monarchy Is
emerging from its retirement and
about to be re~established. But there
will be no restoration of the now nine
year-old boy Emperor. who has had
an annuity OF 81, 400, 900 a year set
tied upon him for life, and who is be-
ing reared in a manner in keeping
with his lofty birth, but who repre-
sents IN alien and an execrated
dynasty.
The monarchy In to be reestabllshed
in the person Of Yuan Shih-k'ai, and
/ understand that negotiations are in
progress for a matrimonial alliance
between his eldest son and heir and
the granddaughter Of the Holy Duke
Lin-Ji. the seventy-sixth in unbroken
descent in the male line from Con-
fucius, and the latter's senior heir.
For the asst t~wenty-four centuries the
head of the Confucius family has al
ways borne the title of Sheng-Kung.
meaning Holy Duke, preceding his
name. The present Holy Duke has
the immense advantage in the eyes Of
his fellow countrymen OF being "a
Chinaman of the purest blood, and Of
the most revered ancestry, In a land
where respect for ancestry is carried
to the extent OF actual worship.
BY a matrimonial alliance between
the granddaughter of the Holy Duke
and the son of Yuan Shih-k'ai the lat
ter would establish a tremendous hold
upon the people Of China, for his son
and for the dynasty Of emperors which
he Is now about to found.
Yuan Shih-k'ai has many claims on
the good will of foreigners. especially
on the part OF the Americans and Of
the English. To begin with. he has
been the author and the ruthless en-
ecutor Of the movement and measures
for the abolition of opium in the land
Of his birth. 1t is entirely owing TO
him that the Boxer rebellion of fifteen
years Z did not spread throughout
the length and breadth of China, re-
sulting in a universal massacre Of all
foreigners. In fact, he restricted the
revolt to Tientsin and Pekin, and by
his attitude prevented the legations in
the metropolis from being overwhelmed
until the tardy arrival of the relief eX-
petition.
He has abolished torture in the ex-
animation of criminals and has broken
down the entire Anticipated traditiona,
system of education and substituted
modern text books and modern exam
nations for the classics and the liter
airy tests that had existed during 2.000
years. He has provided Pekin with