Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-11
Saturday, September IL, 1915.
ANOTHER THRONE IN CHINA.

It isn't surprising to learn that China is about be
monarch again. with President Yuan sh Kai asI
king emperor As a matter of fact President Yuan
formerly Prince Yuan-has been virtually monarch
since the early days Of the Chinese Republic.
Yuans role throughout has been a double one He be-
both by the choice revolutionary lead
and by the abdication of the Manchu emperor in
his thus continued the imperial authority even
while he represented the new constitutional authority
supposed to from the people. was a COM
promise which facilitated the establishment of the
republic.
President Yuan acted perhaps with much honesty
and sincerity could be expected. He have
given representative government trial and found it
failure-as destined be in China from the first
Republics democracies are not created over night
Political freedom, with active participation in govern
nent, is a matter slow growth and hard struggle
There be genuine popular rule until the peo-
pie ready for it. 1t would the most ire
mendous political miracle in history if the Chinese should
have proved able govern themselves without passing
through training as has been necessary in every
free country of the western world.
Americans have tendency to think that political ca
pacty is innate in all mankind that there in
the of republican government sort of divine
II
Nothing could be more falacous. 1t required cen
fury a half of drastic training and that in new
country amid pioneer conditions and modes Of thought
little hampered by old law and custom before this
try was prepared to become republic And even then
it lacked some essential principles of democracy which
it took another century struggle to attain and The
evolution is not yet complete.
England had republic in the seventeenth century,
under Cromwell And that republic passed away revert
ing to monarchy than ever, simply because the
English people were ready for it, Even under Crom.
well while the English government was powerful and
efficient and respected feared abroad as it had not
been since the reign of Elizabeth, was not really
republic. Cromwell had to dismiss his representative
parliament just President year had to dis
miss the Chinese parliament. He was necessarily a
monarch, Yuan is.
Nearly century and half later, real democracy
found in England and it has grown today Eng.
land is much republic the United States.
France inspired largely by example became a
republic through great revolution near the end Of the
eighteenth century. But the French people were in
capable of sereovenment and inevitably yielded to the
absolute monarchy Of Napoleon. They had another EN-
pre and two three Kingdoms before they forth
from the long struggle trained and disciplined and able
to govern themselves they have done since 1871
Spain became a republic in 1873 but only nominally so
because its repubcanism paper instead of in the
hearts and minds the people and so the Bourbons
back in 1875.
Portugal is supposed to be republic today. Manuel
de Auiaga elected in 1911 called permanent presi
dent" hard distinguish difference between
monarchy with permanent king and a republic with
permanent president Besides. Arriaga may be un
reated any time Porugars republic came too soon.
North and South America we know by sad expert
ence full premature republics They muddlet
through because have protected and helped them
because in emergency they always revert the alb
solute monarchy dictatorship without sacrificing the
Of republic Il is obvious everybody this mo
that Hayt hopeless failure republic,
that Mexico has only been republic but ism
likely be until its political evolution gone muc
farther
Let no lover Of democracy be discouraged at the back
sliding China That ancient empire is stil unorganizet
1nintenigent Incapable Of united thought and action
feels The strripgs Of freedom and nationality onl
dmly Il needs strong just now to protect
from Japan, and il needs long, slow Of train
ing for citizenship
President Diaz Of Mexico might have been his couI