Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
CHINA DECIDES
TO RETURN TO
A MONARCHY
WITH DEPARTURE OF AMERICAN
PROFESSOR 1T is THOUGHT PRO
GRAM is COMPLETED.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. SCARCELY 3
YEARS OLD. HAS FAILED TO
MEET THE NEEDS.
Especial u The Herald

Washington. Sept. S.-With the dc
parturc from China today of Dr. Frank
j.. Gooduiw. President of John Hop
kin> University. il il believed here that
the full programme has been mapped out
for the return of China to ~monarhiil
government. The Republic Of China.
scare three and 4 half years old, has
failed tu meet the governmental needs
of the Ori,ntalS. There has been no con
cralmcnt of the movement To- restore the
ancient monarchy. which has az least
the virtue Of concentrated power t. meet
the new situation which faces China.
Dr. Goodnow j. in complete confidence
with Yuan Shih kai. the President Of
the Chinese Republic. lie has been the
adviser of the President ia previous
|rritical ~Situai. mS. When Dr. Goodnow
went to China early III the summer. il
was expected that big developments
might cnSuc. Now word comes that ano
Their adviser WAS also called i'm. lie is an
Engli>hman. Dr. George T.. Morrison. 4
former newspaper man aud explorer.
The rcnuWn of these men and their great
Friendly interest i'm China. ~ we'll ~
uic>ii,nf n tn'~ r'urd. il such ~ ~
in>pir. w w" ,c. IVY the new step III
nv - " = nina.
Dr. 60. Il o Is Vie $ are well known.
lie has maintained hi the vel. y men
Of the Fast are ru' AM N govern them
selves This ,pini"n III. arrived al by
long study If government 1r political
Science. and he had 4 great 'pulrtn"'
q. study the Chinese Situation t"u wears
ago when he was legal advisor ~ ia
Chinese Republic.
The Dc .i>ion 10 revive the Empire u
not of mushroom growth. Those VII,
have watched the trend of affairs. have
predicted that the sacred th.one of the
ManchuS would h- revived. Yuan's
gradual progression toward monarchy
was compared by them To that Of Napr
lem. Always there was i'm his favor
the fact that Such trained troops aS
China had were local to him. Foreigners
had confidence in his ability and safety.
In every crisis the people turned To him.
The great mass understood nothing Of
the warnings If sun Vat Sen that Yuan
would get deSpotic. Less than a month
after Yuan had been elected president
for 4 term of five years. in 1913. he z \
PEELED the opposition party which had
more than a third of the membership of
the Legislature. Before the end of that
year there was talk Of doing away with
Parliament altogether.
"'rly in 1914, Yuan took two StepS
tending strongly toward monarchy He
abolished the district councils and re-.
stored the old worship of Heaven and
tonfuciuS. Yuan i'm the ceremonial
robes hallowcd by the custom of 1000
years. taking the place Of the emperor
a. wurShippcr on behalf IT the state.
Last winter there began the er"rDach-
ment of Japan. which power made eX-
~traordlnary demands on China. Early
this wear il was reported that Yuan was
To become president for ten wears. with
the possibility of extension of his term
10 life. With the radical leaders mostly
haniShed. with many Of them. after hay
ing been called to Pekin for conferences,
executed by Yuan's orders. with China
Inundated Dy the Japanese. and obvi-
ouSly needing a strong Central govern
ment. there were many predf'atirnS If
late that il was only a question of time
until Yuan would Supersede the Man
chls.