The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-27
MONARCHlAL PROPAGANDA GAINS GROUND IN CHINA; PRESIDENT
 INSISTS HE'LL REFUSE CROWN
Powerful Society Cites Case of United States As Instance Necessity of Abolishing Republican Form of Gov ernment- Manifesto Regarded As Feeler.

China, may now be elaborated with the full text of interesting docu- 1lents bearing on the matter
 Although President Yuan Sh1-ka1 has denied that he desrres 10 De 17,ry,neror. and several of his prom irent supporters have authorized the staternent that the President would declinA the imperial title if it were dffered to him, China. is still. stirred by the extent to which the mon archial movement has gained heao- , ,uav The manifesto published on August 1 6 by the Society Tor Peace advocating the restoration or the monarchy, and signed by Yang fu, head of the Hankow Development PIan and other prominent support CTS of Yuan Shi-Kai. is generally Regarded by Chinese of all parries
 as a. feeler thrown out to determine 1,3vvvstle public would accept the 1deas . -e-sn T,rnneror. In some high quar- fers both Chinese and foreign. 1t IS .Falieved that if no revolution or aanrer of revolution develops. uan sshi-Kai will worship heaven as the
 E,nperor of China before anotner year.
 Eoranonths previous to the appear anca aof the above mentioned man. f.stoS there had been a quiet cam 7,aie-r,s conducted in Picking and oth- i er cities for the establishment or a 1 t,,,onarcfly. The manifesto itself, as 5+ranslateds from the Chinese by the ! Picking Gazette reads as follows:
 During the Revolution of 1911 the racial prejudfces or our people Wele Iso aroused that their attention was 1 entirely concentrated on the removal
 of a certain section of the popula- ion and they did not give the least consideration to the future political affairs of the country They has- < filvs adopted the republican form or ! rnvernment Fvithout weighing care f,Il1v 1ts suitability for this country
 when a proposal to this effect was
 made by a. few people, others follow t efi 4s,DIfndIy without further question ing it's advisabi1ity- The far-s1ght- ed people at that time foresaw the ! danger and trouble to the future of ] the country, but to prevent dlssen- { sion and other troubles, which would
 have further endangered the exist ence of the country, were compelled
 to accept this proposal though re- luctantIy.
 : 1.sincs the aHd1eation. Of the FTsing f Imperial House. followed by a period of anarchy, the regime of the prov1- sional government and finally the es- tablishme Of the present govern
 ment, there nave been numerous
 crises in the governments and many unspea kable sufferings ofethe people, which are4stfH fresh in the memory of every class of our people If a
 proper measure iss1aot devised to rem
 edy the situation, there will be end less. trouble in this country.
 sfIn such countries as Argentine, Peru, Chile and other Republics in
 South and Central America, party feuds have been the order of the day, and such quarrels frequently culmi- 1 mated in civil war. In Portugal the -,
 monarchy to republic has been iFn- ~mediately followed by deadly inter necing strife, and the worse case of : aII1sis in Mexico Since the abdica- 2 ton of Diaz, that country has been l seething with civil strife till the pres ]. ent day. Their party leaders have I struggled for supremacy with one an
 other with military forces. When ! they win they occupy the land and { when they are defeated they never scrupIe toEs commit footing, fncendi- l arism and 1nassacre- Finally the 1 whole nation is divided into five camps with as many president, and ! the country is practically in a state of anarchy AS we are a newly es-
 abolished republic, we should take ! Mexico as our object lesson.
 p'The United States of America is the senior Republic of the world, and l her great student of politics, Dr. Goodnow, has stated that a monarchy Is a better form of government than Republicanisna, and according to his
 opinion, a 1nonarchia1 form of gov
 ernmentAis most indispensable at ! present for. China. This view has
 been shared by not few notable i scholars of other countries. As pr. . Goodnow is a. citizen of a. Repub-
 such a statement than others. His
 words are. the conditions are diff ] ferent in China and America and it lis impossible to transplant one sys-
 tenn from one country to another! If
 foreigners who are in sympathy with ! China have so openly and loudly laid tbefore us their unpre1udfced views, can we people of China leave every
 thing to fate, raising not a hand to find a Fundamental solution for this important probIeIn2 Where is your patriotism2 Where is your duty as a
 citizen to the country, if you, for fear
 of adverse criticism or other dang pere, remain silent and 1ndecisfve2
 I've are the people of this coun- try, the prosperity or decline of this
 country is nothing less than the pros
 perffy or decline of ourselves. There
 fore we canot bear to sit silent and
 see the county being ob1iterated
 without making any" attempt to save
 it. We have therefore gathered a.
 Hu1nDSE O1 our SyrnpaLn1zerS and
 started this society with 8 view of de-
 vfsing means for keeping peace in this
 country. We shall each give our
 views concerning the future of our
 country and the advantages and dis advantages accrufng from the Repub- 1ican form Of government for general
 discussion, There are not a few wise and far7sighted people in this
 country, and if they are kind enough to condescend to join us in the dis cuss1on of these points, we shall ex- tend them out. heartiest welcome Promoters: Yang Tu. Sun Tu-yun.
 Yen Fun, Ifu Shih-pef, Hu Ying."
 The extent to which Yuan Shi-Kaf stood back of or was interested in the promotion Of this manifesto is still a. matter of speculation An evil dent1y inspired article, however, re- gently appeared in the Picking papers