The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-30
Several Newspapers Which
Led in Monsrchial Move.
ment Now Said to Be Wob-
bling in Their Advocacy.
'FARCICAL CHARACTER
OF ELECTIONS BLAMED
Trade of China Suffering From
Agitation, Says North China
Daily News, Formerly a
Strong Exponent Of Change.

tAssociated Press Correspundcncel
Pcking. Nov. i-Ncwspapers which
were originally friendly a. the mon
archial movement and were inclined
Co accept without qualification the
statements Of It's leaders. are now be-
coming somewhat wouhlv in heir
faith as the result OF the "nrclar
elections now being held. The North
CHINA Daily News OF Shanghai which
is generally recognized as "a more or
less official mouthpipCe for English
interests in China. is uue OF the early
supporters OF the movement which W
weakening Tho following eNtrac.
from an editorial In this paper shows
its position.
Meanwhile the 'rade of Shanghai
IL suffering and foreigners want to
know whether they are watching COM
edy OF farce. Foreigners ana the MAJ
jority of Chinese are quite prepared
10 SIT through the performance as
long a. 10 promises 20 reach "a dcuuoe-
men. iu Keeping with real llfp. They
are prepared even 60 applaud ~ the
curtain falls and To call Yuan Shi-ka.
iu front of 10 90 receive their hriyos
But they do not want To- be led on
from scene Co scene towards a male
hat is merely fantastic. These
worthy mandates. this manoeufrlug
of so-callel popular assemblies. these
petitions. the whole bag of tricks, de-
they or do they not represent gen
uiueness somew here. 70 goal ONE
where and definite approaches To- tina.
golls or are we watching a sham
and nothing but a sham, the proloug
ed evolutiuns OF a topsy -turNN piece
~ nonsense made as elaborate us pos
s.hle only Co cover the ahsencc OF any
connected reasonable plot. IL the
doctrine of naskee Ot makes no an
ference being carried beyond the
point ui indifference tp means and Co
the point of 10 Inference Go end alsO?
~ SO W. warn Yuan Shi-k1I b q his
finale viii be an Interrupt 90 and 70
troubled one.
"tf this much talked of monarch.al
movement with lrs elaborate ln,psti-
cation uf pros and cons, with it'
huutllg up OF mu-i records and its
b,-speD lclcd prerIug into dry -is-dust
p@reocdouts Is nothing mur" than 90
u|rlApIuE power tor selfish purposes.
then BE- will prov, disastrous Goo those
Who are tI,.us part of b and d,als-
tTuu- tu the ruIu.Ih us % whole. The
great uulk cot the Chinese do not care
two .trnNa what government they
have ts long ass 30 .a % good one Hui
10 mas hc Is good uuc % uui,-s The
abandonment uf rcpuhIirau.sm proves
d. plt Co Dee q genuine effort tu bring
such "a Government into existence. the
monarrhial movement Will earn the
rewards of the 4urriost farce hat has
ever been STAGED Iu china
commenting uu this chauE'd utt-
tude OBJ the North china Daily News.
the Poktug Daily Gazette which IS
ow1ed and caltod hy Chinese ou''
says 81. ls clear hat what Boz moving
ihc shanghai paper to % lower Nllu1-
tun 81 the movement ts tAr introduce
tion of the apparatus of unrcalitN IN
20 DO. and just gg "a sense of realty
and actullity is a condition oi ELL
cheney and success In the west, -o
does the exhibition of u marvellous ca
| pucity of unreal boz serious affairs
| strike the iorelpu mind at once as
plain for failure ana as in.eilootuullN
| offensive. The futcctutt that Is 40
| work boz our country todur--o tNpic.
all, manifested lH the gesture of The
! hours based 300 an order uf idea,
which may huNu c~urrespouded witt
| reality 300 the seventeenth century
when China stood In splendid isolu.
| lion. bat iu these DAYS When uur Yer,
existence as % nation Is in the trust %.
friendly powers medieval oouctpti
of government must give way Go th'
% her order uf IDEAS which inspire
men lu the west 'u govern e country
as a nation and not 5s "a family i".
main. we write these words less 30
tho sense of active opposition to th'
muuurchial movement 'hau of eau.
.ua and counsel lo those who ma,
know CHINA even IN her Processes bu
are in truth lacking iu the torelgI
experience which alone cdu enaoll
them Goo understand and fu deal
otherwise than sropiugly with Ger
tain great p1toguries OF foreign Of
fairs"
Continuing ,ho discu sion of th.
muuarthial movement, apart from th
attitude OF .H, foreign papers. m
Picking Gazette says. "Whllc We fea
that there mus Doe tragic pu-.ihili'ie
in the movement which Is hurry o..
the nation .o thy DOT ut "a throne, "
are cree to admit that the president
whose kIuWIcd 60 ut his people is 40
matched Dos 100 other living Chimes
Int, set Doc IlEnt bon believing tina
China mu up ruled az AN empire
her salvation ID. % be- achieved. Hu
not the Ici-. of the things that MAJ.
tor this possible 4lcCess b. the ucces
sits of cul.slgIng the mumol.ulI
change a- % transaction that cam,
Dee pomplefe unless is receives turDlg
sanction and approval The "IeNaro
uI the pres. lent TO the sem Nae1ir
hos the Mauchu has hitherto been re
gIrded as u purely domestic mattel
Nuthiup more calculated to lead Ga
ana horitigs aHtrly In "a capital dire,
ton than am adherence 60 such q duI
iuus aud false view Of the relations
This ouultN Geo the outside world w
4 have to insist upon the real connect
t.n hat I.r- between the success
the great experiment which ia "u th
r,r o., triul AND foreign opinion
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