The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
OFFICIAL CHINESE
 RETICENT IN VIEW TOWARD MONARCHY
Vice President Believed to Fa- Vor Movement Now Re-
 leased from Guard.

| Pelcir, Dec. S.-President Yuan Shi- lkai has never publicly given his off,
 cia1 sanction to the efforts of the
 Chou An Huzi, or Society for the Pre- lseryation of Peace, to reestab1ish the
 monarchy, but failure of the govern ment to uphold the Board of iCensors
 in the impeachment of the members of scoiety, is generally regarded as proof
 that the society has the full approval
 of the President and his advisers. l The Board of Censors, which is a lsort of governm ent-srne1ling commit
 tee, sustained charges brought against the Chou an Huei, and the government referred the impeachment to the Min l Iister of the Interior This cabinet member has now reported that all the | promoters of the society are men of fcult4,re and scholars of note and that their object is to engage in theoretical discussion of the principles of gov ernment, and not in any way to dis l turb the peace of the country.
 Specfa1 interest attaches now to movements of, General Tuan-Ch1-Ju1, the former minister of war and Vice President Ii Yuang-hung, the two most prominent opponents of the re- storat tiorp of the monarchy. It has been frequently rumored that Gen eraI Tuan< Shi-jui was assassinated.
 This, however is not true
 Last week General Tuan Shi-jui submitted memorial to the presi- dent, urging that with the coming of autumn his health had not inproV-
 ed. and for this reason he wished to be unburdened of the special duties Ideyo1ving upon him in the headquar- ters of the army and navy. The dis ting11ished general craved permission to leave Pekin that he might make his way back to his native home Tn Anhui and restore the toInbs of his ancestors However, the president era aciousIy refused his request, as he desires to consult his former secretary,
 of war from time to time on matters of high moment.
 yice-President Ii Yuan-hung is now enjoying greater liberty than former | Iy. He has moved from the palaces in the Forbidden City, where he was practically a prisoner, and is now liv- ing with his family in a mansion pur- chased for him in the Chinese city near the Legation Quarter. The man sion was formerly used as a reception place for the military club, and Is sit- uated in a beautiful garden.
 This extension of greater freedom to the ce-President is generally behev- led to have come about as a result of his refusal to participate in the mon | seemed that he. would be an open op- Iponent of the restoration of the mon archy His lack fo sympathy with 1 the change is understood throughout the republic, and his greater freedom
 Is believed to be the price the govern
 rnent paid for his silent acQuiescence- | Religion and religious organizations are also playng an important part in l the monarchica1 movement Efforts have been made by the Society for the Preservation of Peace to get the sup port of prominent re1igionists. Bat
 the announcement that Mohammedans
 who joined the society were author
 ized to do so by the Mutual Advance
 ment Society of M0hammedans caused a dareback-
 1 Chang Tien-taoN and twenty other l leaders in the MohamInedan society
 Immediately published announce
 ment denying the authority of any
 member to represent that bodySin any political movement and hotly resent ing the attempt of individuals to speak
 for the 15,o0O, 900 Mohammedans Iv- ling in China
 Most of the Mo11amTnedans in Chi ma live in Chinese Turkestan, and neighboring provinces, far west of the
 well known cities of the republic