El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-24
IS
HELPING CHINESE
MONARCHY MOVE
Permanent Peace Society
Gets 100000 From a
Mysterious Source.
FEAR FELT THAT
JAPAN HAS PLOT

DEKIN. China, Oct. 23.-The news
- papers announce that the pro-
L moters of the Peace society
fcalled in Chinese the Chou An Hell
have recently received 100000 for the
purpose OF promoting sympathy for the
potential monarchy throughout the
country. and it Is intimated in some
quarters that this sum has come from
government circles.
Fear Is expressed. too, that Japan
NAV attempt to start revolution
The Pekin Gazette says that "a
weeks study of the supreme issue raised
bv Mr.. Yang Tu and his fellow pro-
noters Of the Chou An Hiei leaves US
convinced that-unless the menace indi-
Gated further on Is understood mon
archial restoration in China is a Ger
tainty.'
uent" between president Yuan's party
and the revolutionary government
which was esta 5lished at Nanking, the
paper SAYS This settlement is under
stood by the south in the sense Of
great national charter which forever
ended the cycle of alien conquest that
hitherto swept China. and il is also
priced as the title deed which vests in
the nation country hitherto governed
as the private domain Of the reigninS
monarch and his house The south looks
upon the national settlement done at
Marking as the fundamental bulwark
against the recurrence Of ancient
wrongs and laches: and, rightly or
wrongly, il is a living fear there IN the
regions on and beyond the Aang-tse-
kiang that, if the Republic and the
great human things and aspirations
denoted by the idea disappear and pass
into the night haunted by the ghosts
OF the past, the force and power OF
habit. custom, tradition and the other
agencies OF national environment Will
drive US TO the establishment OF
system not unlike in essentials TO the
regime that was shattered in 1911
Must Be voluntary
The question Of eXpediency has also
centered itself about the personality OF
the new monarchs- No Chinese tnat
is not a slave in spirit would care 70
see his country ruled by an alien, ana
if there is to be a mOnarchicaI restora-
ton in China. il can hardly be doubted
that the president would be entitled TO
the sceptre- But il is equally matter
OF no little certainty that Sucn a
sceptre would be but a habit II II
passed into the hands of the president
in circumstances that might be inter
preted by the nations in the sense OF a
seizure. Unless regahty is the 1ree
offering Of the people, no monarcnlcai
system in China would outlast either
Of the military forces Of the country
There are not a few who-belieYinS
that the facts OF national destiny de
mand a monarchical restoration in TINS
couutry-fear that. If such a restoration
is effected as a result Of the movement
Initiated by the promoters OF the so
cietv for Peace" there will go abroad
among the nation this idea Of a forcible
seizure Of the sCeptre
japan May Cause Worry
but these views Of eXpedlency.
relevant and powerful as they are IN
anv discussion Of the question. are IN
a sense theoretical as well as specula-
tive and for this reason they may pass
unheeded when set off against the I'M
doubted ability Of the Chang Chuns
taovernors) to maintain order in the
provinces in the event OF a monarchlcal
restoration. A consideration, however,
that is not at all idle and speculative
is the attitude Of Japan. While the
other great powers may be more OF
less Indifferent to the transformation
Of China from a republic TO monarch
although the United states may not
be very easy to placate-there is every
reason to believe and to anticipate that
no such indifference Will characterize
the attitude of Japan
The article then brings up the per
uanent Chinese dread that Japan Will
seize any opportunity or situation here
to promote her authority, anu that an
other revolution would be welcomed
by her.