The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-29
CHINESE PRESS CALM IN ITS DISCUSSIONS OF POSSIBILITY
 OF REvERSION TO MONARCHY
Only Slight Flurry Arises When Newspapers Learn Nof PropO- sal to Abolish Republican Form.

Hankow. China. Sept. 28-chinese newspapers have taken the movement of the Peace Preservation Society to reestablish the empire very calmly. Even here in the Yang-tse-k -kiang val ley. which was such a storm center in the two recent revolutions, there has been little furry caused by the report from Peking, of President Yuan Shi-kai's approval of the move ment for the restoration of the mon archy.
 we don't care whether we have a republic or a monarchy if it be sta- ble,'' prominent Chinese erchant remarked today. We simply want a and upsets in business conditions Our chief objection to the monarchiaI form is that it will take some time to adjust to the new coalitions
 Thig view is probably typical of that held by most of the business men of Hankow, which is called the Chicago of China and is probably destined to be the great railway center of the country. Hankow is situated at the head of navigation for ocean-going boats on the Yang-tse, Boats of shal- low draft navigate for nuncreds of miles above HankowA z A railway con- meets Picking and %Hankow and an other iB building to Canton A third srailWay is projected west from Han lkOw, and American interests are en- deavorfng to finance this line into the rich country lying toward the Tibet
 The Hanyeng ironworks, which fl gured so prominently in the recent negotiations between Japan and China are located here and employ more than 4,000 men in making steel rails and other iron products. The gov arnment also has an arsenal here. As Of ifa strategic location Hankow was a storm center in the two late revolutions and the native city was almost entirely destroyed.
 5 TVu-chang. which lies just across the Yang-tse from Hankow. was the rent vice-president, in the second rev olufion. But the sleepy, unprogres- sive old city rnanifests little interest in recent political developments. The same is true of Ranking. the former capital Of China three hundred miles further down the river The hallway between Picking and Shanghai crosses the Yang-tse-k -kiang at Ranking. The city fs an educational center and was once a stronghold of. the Sun Yat Sen forces and the scene of the battle of Purple Mountain.
 Yuan Shi -kai's gunboats are scat tered along the Yang-tse-k -kiang His troops are centered in the larger river towns They have been moved fre- quently to make sure they have not fallen under rebel influence Conse- uuentfx the administration Is confi- dent that no rebel demonstration of any coneequence can develop in the valley to, which nearly all of Central China is tributary
 Chinese papers published in foreign concessions are almost unanimous in declaring this fs an unfortunate time <7ie 1r1f5 51 believe the project should be ahan- doned until after the European war because of the importance of foreign interests in China.
 The central China post, of Hankow, which is Published by Engnshmen and is probably the most influential daily Tn the upper Yang-tse-kiang valley, in a recent editorial expressed the opinion that the reesta blishmen of the monarchy will not give rise to a rebellion in South China, as has been predicted by some leaders. The editorial says: .'The great masses will be perfectly. content to vote the pr esi- dent as many, or as great, titles as he may wish for, rather than risk dis turbances. They will meet again to Cypress their congratulations to Em- peror Yuan as readily as they did when he appointed himself practically permanent president. As for the ir- reconsilabIes, we may take it fer granted they are being closely watch ed and will be given no opportunity to lift Up their horns As to foreign CTS, it is not a matter in which tney can interfere"
 In reviewing recent events which presaged the return to a monarchy, the same editorial mentions President eY uan's offering sacrifices at the Tenn sple of Heaven as the first indication of his intention to restore the old or fo1 1axy mental approval of Confucius teach s1n gss which hold that a state cannot Exist without an emperor. Yuan Shi- xai next extended the presidential Term to ten years and made it possi- Die for him to name his own success sor All these were natural forerun- nerss in the opinion of the Central China Post, of the new peace Preser- Walton Society which is advocating the definite abandonment of the republic.