Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-11
PEEING STUNNED
BY REQUEST FOR
DISAPPOINTMENT
Belief Had Prevailed That
China Would Be Permitted
To Change Form Of Govern.
me1t Without Interference

land ami isuSsld lll request tndt there
-, disbursement of the re-estabHsh-
,.rt III Inc monarchy While the
chinese officials have been somewhat
aonr, brnsivc &s To the attitude of the
farsI.o powers towards the proposed
.ta9., u the Chinese government,
tbr, were hopeful that no actual OBJ
..rl.ron would be offered by the ma
d.ns with interests in the far east
s8tH .hrcc days ago there was firm
4.4iief lhat China could abandon the
rcYuuI. without outside interference
and later ON could get the recogni-
Ian r7r the new government from the
european powers and the United
states
Tbc failure of France to participate
II thc suggestion of the postponemeut
or the imperial government has Great
a much discussion. The French min
igcr Mr.. Comfy says he was without
Instructions from his home govern
mont Europeans are also comment
ina IA. n ln the failure of the United
states to participate.
Naturally the Chinese officials take
same c1mfor. in the fact that only
Rus-ia ana England supported Japan.
However. the feeling is general in Pc
sine chat Japans success in getting
tbe support of England and Russia
makes her prc-eminent in far eastern
affairs
Views Of Press.
The Picking Gazette, which has
mildly opposed the abandonment of
bo republic from the time Of it's dis
eusyion. says Of the representations
Mr. 0bata, the japanese charge d'af-
fareg made to the Chinese minister
of foreign affairs with the concurrence
Of thc Russian ana British ministers:
"lt would be at once idle and dan
eorous To disguise the meaning and
signifcance Of the interview. And
while We have no desire to claim any
special gift of foresight, it does not
seem improper that we should recall
the fact that the probability of this
precise Development of the situation
has been indicated not once but re-
peatedly in our columns. Except to
those who are too learned in the hcary
siatecaft Of this country the entire
sequence of events has been clear. Di-
rectly one realizes or rather remem-
hers that the independence and in
tcgrity Of China is guaranteed not by
the power of Chinese arms but BY the
strength of friendly powers, the pres
ent weakness of the international sys-
TEN in which China finds a place as
sovereign country is revealed And
the longer the war is fought on the
weaker that International structure
becomes. ON this view none but
those who think of China in terms Of
Mandarin thought can fan to realize
thai the rule Of safety and security
for this country is to leave untouched
the things that hold us in our pecul-
lar place i'm the worlds political orbit
Il is because the mOmentous change
which seems easy only to men whose
mind is ruled by non-modern concep-
lions of rnment--threatens a dis
astrous displacement that the same
mind reads in Ia horoscope of evil
things
But the moment calls for the coun-
sci Of all Chinese who, whatever the
cXasporating errors Of their rulers
may he must remember that this land
is now a nations patrimony and pos
session. Confronted as the country is
with a possible peril, it is to be hoped
The, there will be no false one to as
sIs the development Of the dangers.
And let us hope that the executive
Will now read Alright the great signs
ot our destiny which-because we are
part of the world that lies beyond the
confines of the seas--is inspired by
the same spirit that has shapened the
great countries where the words of
Lincoln are a common but rare in
splration That this nation, under
God, shall have new birth of free
dom and that government Of the pco-
Pie, by the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.
The Picking Daily News, which is
generally recognized as government
organ, gives a brief news account of
the Joint action Of Japan, Russia and
England, but offers no editorial COM
mcnt In its columns devoted to cor
leSpondence it prints the following
letter which is typical, perhaps, OF
me views held by the government Of
I'ias who are supporting the mon
Wchcal movement:
Blatant Aggression.
Sir Now that Japan has been
guilty Of her latest and most blatant
aggression upon China feel con-
sIalned to write to urge all Chinese
10 sink their differences and unite for
me salvation Of their country.
The entire dislocation Of interna-
uonal values was strikingly disclosed
Yesterday afternoon when a British
ana q Russian minister dOcilely fol-
""ed "a Japanese charge d'affaires In
o'der 10 murmOr a respectful hear
neat When he laid down the law to
Nhlhesc minister for foreign affairs
eS 70 how China should conduct her
uoinestic concerns. The matter Is one
W inc gravest importance to China as
4le now knows that she can no longer
ivy upon the support that she has
n'herlo received from the interna
"ohdl guarantee of her independence
ana territorial integrity At a time
Nhen the Chinese people have begun
- east their votes on the question of
.'' form cf government, the japanese
solernment has thought fit To pro-
Ialm its right to interfere with
onlna S domestic affairs. on the OBJ
,"usly false plea that her solicitudc
,o' the peace Of the Far East inspired
"F action, Japan advises China to
pNlpone the settlement of the ques-