Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-11
YUAN SHIH-KAI Will MURDER
WITHOUT REMORSE THOSE Who
TRYTO KEEP HIM FROM throne


wrong upon a race OF nearly 4""."o"..
"'u people VINO are ever longing To
relieve themselves from oppression.
In what way. asks the colonel,
are the chinese unfit for a republic
can ruIo' Or. GOo1noW may say that
;hpy are beth morally and intellect
uaIly incompetent. But is the state
ment true'
DR. GOodnOW may as well say.
continues Wudan. that tire Early
cOlonists in America should NOT have
revolted against England, or that they
should not have established a new
government and formulated better
laws
EOI. Wudan cites the backWardness
Of the COlOnists to prove his argu-
ment, and notes that they were lack
ing in belief in many of the religious
ideas that existed at the time, that
there were kidnappers. pirates, and
others as bad, among them.
Fit as any Race on Earth"
Yet no one can deny" he says,
not even DR.. GoOdnOw, that the col
onists gave to Americans their repub-
lican government. Why then are not
the Chinese just as fit for such rule
as any race on earth?
The Chinese of today are no less
Jealous than the early Americans in
their fight for political and personal
liberty, as seen in the overthrOwing
Of the Manchu dynasty and the out
break of the second revolution On
1913.
They have shown their desire for
a democratic rule. and have shed
their blood for it, Yuan Shih- kai has
not the right to deny them this. If
he does, he shall see in the near
future that his efforts are of no avail"
Wudan grows bitter in,his denounce-
ment of Yuan Shih-Kai. From the
moment he became president" he
says, he aspired to be emperor.
Shortly afterward disregarding the
constitution, he began borrowing
money without the consent Of the
law making body, and numbering the
founders of the republic, among whom
was Sung Kio Jen, the most famous
statesman of China
The Chinese are being oppressed
by a nominal president who possesses
the power of an absolute monarch;
they are being heavily taxed on every
necessary commodity of life, and they
have no political or cival rights what |
ever"
Wudan says that the presidents |
ambition to become emperor is quite
apparent from his dissolving the par
lament, reestablishing titles Of no
bility, reinstating former imperial
customs, and concluding secret treat
les with other countries.
He says that even if he succeeds |
in his purpose, the Chinese will not |
tolerate him as an emperor. The |
officials, he says, are Just as corrupt, |
the police as poWerlesS, the govern
ment troops as undisciplined and the |
robbers and pirates as DloOdthirsty |
as they were during the Manchu rule. |
Says People Will Rise.
is it better asks Wudan, Ito place
China under such head, rather than
to let her people rule? If China has
come to this condition now, what will I,
she be when he assumes the offensive |
name of emperor and the people rise !
against him.
Wudan laughs at the idea of giving
full dictatorial power to Yuan Shih-
Kai as president, on the ground that
he may then manage the country to
the best of his ability
Yuan Shih-Kai has all the power
that the state can bestow now" he
says, and this he has misused Sup ,
pose that he really intends to work
for the welfare of the people in this
way, is it safe to think he would be
able to carry out his intention when
he has so far failed so completely"
Wudan cites further the presidents
in the recent negotia-
tons with Japan. He says it may be