El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23
Government IS
HELPING CHINESE
MONARCHY move
Permanent Peace Society
Gets 5000, 900 From a
Mysterious Source.
FEAR FELT THAT
JAPAN HAS FL0T

nEKIN. China. Oct. 23.-Thc news
papers announce that the pro-
4 motors of the Peace society
lcalIcd in Chinese the Chou An Hell
have recently received 100000 for the
purpose of promoting sympathy for the
potential monarchy throughout the
country, and it Is intimated In some
quarters that this sum has come from
government circles
Fear Is expressed, too. that Japan
NAV attempt to start a revolution.
The Pekin Gazette says that "A
weeks study of the supreme issue raised
bv Mir. Yang Tu and his fellow pro-
moters Of the Chou An Hiei leaves Us
convinced that-unless the menace indl-
Gated further on Is understood mon
archial restoration in China Is Ger
taintv7
referring to the -Nanking agree
mentr between president Nuan's party
and the revolutionary government
which was established at Marking the
naper saws. This settlement Is under
stood by the south in the sense OF
great national charter which forever
ended the cycle of alien conquest that
hitherto swept China and it Is also
priced as the title deed which vests IN
the nation a country hitherto governed
as the private domain OF the Fei=nlL5
monarch ana MS mouse ne SUI al ANA'-As
upon the national settlement done at
Ranking as the fundamental bulwarN
against the recurrence OF ancient
wrongs and laches; and, rightly or
wrongly. il is living fear there IN the
regions on and beyond the AanE-tSe-
kiang that, If the Republic and the
great human things and aspirations
denoted by the idea disappear and pass
into the night haunted by the ghosts
OF the past. the force and power OF
habit. custom. tradition and the olher
agencies Of national environment VIII
drive US to the reesta blishment Of A
system not unlike in essentials to the
regime that was shattered in 1911
Must Be Voluntary
The question Of eNpediency mas dlso
centered itself about the personality OF
the new mOnarchS- No ChlneSe lAtt
is not a slave in spirit would care 10
see his country ruled by an alien, ana
if there is to be a mOnarcnIcal reStora-
ton i'm China. il can hardly be doubted
that the president would he entitled 10
the sceptre. But it is equally a matter
OF no little certainty that such a
sceptre would be but a habit II IL
passed into the hands Of the president
I'm circumstances that might be inter
Dreted by the nations in the sense OF a
seizure Unless regality IS the free
offering Of the people. no monarcnlcai
system in China would OutlaSt elIner
the life OF the monarch or his control
Of the military forces Of the country
There are not few Who-beNeving
that the facts OF national destiny de
mand q monarchical restoration in TINS
country-fear that if such restoration
is effected as a result Of the movement
initiated by the promoters OF the SO
cietv for Peace there viii go abroad
among the nation this idea OF a forclble
seizure Of the sceptre
Japan May Cause Worry
s.But these views Of eXpediency.
relevant and powerful as they are IN
any discussion OF the question. are IN
a sense theoretical as well as specula-
tive: and for this reason they may pass
UNDECIDED when set off against the ui-
doubted ability of the Chang Chuns
Czovernors) to maintain order In the
provinces in the event of monarcnical
restoration. 4 consideration however
that is not at all idle and speculative
is the attitude Of Japan While the
other great powers may be more OF
less Indifferent TO the transformation
Of China from a republic TO monarch
although the United states may mol
be very easy to placate-there IS every
reason TO believe and TO anticipate tha-
no such Indifference viii character re
the attitude of Japan
The article then brings up the per
rlanent Chinese dread that Japan VIII
seize auv opportunity or situation hare
to promote her authority, anu that an
other revolution would be welcomed
by her