The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12

Special Gable Despatch to TIE SOW.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 1.-THE rebels
have again seized q Chiaese warship ID
the harbor here and are HON harding the
arsenal and other warships.
Several shells have fallen In the for
eign concessions.
PEKrN, Dec. l1.--Yuan Shih-k'ai. who
has been President OF the Chinese re-
public since its foundation in 1913. ac-
oepted to-day the offer of the imperial
crown.
The change in the form Of government
Of China from a republic to a monarchy
has been made In all but the formal In
stallation OF the ruler. The Counci n
state. sitting as a Parliament. offered
the throne to President Yuan. The lat.
ter. declining the honor at first. later &C.
cepted. He made a condition Of his &C.
ceptance that for the present he should
continue to rule as President and tina
the republic should be continued until
II should be convenient 70 hold the coro-
nation.
The offer Of the purple to the man who
has guided the destinies of China a. a
republic since October 10, 1918, followed
the official canvass by the Council Of
State OF the vote Of the representatives
elected two months g 1t was AN
nounced a month ago that fifteen Of the
eighteen provinces had voted in favor Of
a monarchy. The canvass, tsie results Of
which were made public to-day. gave the
votes OF 1898 representatives out of 2.0+3
in favor of the change.
As soon us the result had been ascer.
tanned the Council OF State sent a peti-
ton to President Yuan Shih-k'ai urging
MN to accept the throne. The Presided
declined. The petition then was returned
10 him and with the condition for IA post
ponement of the actual installation OF the
monarchy already noted he accepted.
A statement issued by Dr. Jeremiah W.
jerks. head of In. Far Eastern Bureau,
on December ? put forward the sugges-
ton that the recent rebel uprising in
Shanghai harhor vas fouented by thu
japanese, with the aid of Or. sun Vat
sen. former provisional President -
China. ~ an effort to foregtall t.. res
tnrTit!on Of the monarchy, which, ac-
cordins to Information cabled by tina
japanese Cunsul-Ger.ral at Pekin on
December | to his Government. was i'm
mineut unless something was done
quickly.
Dispatches received by DIR. jerks
from Pekin stated that not only were
the arms used by the rebels who
boarded the Chinese cruiser and turned
It's guns against the arsenal furnished
from Japan but papers we're founo
showing that Dr. sun Yat-sen was using
Japan as a base for operations agains.
the Chinese neutrality-suspicious. which
the Japanese Government appeared 10
nave taken no steps 10 check. AT the
same time the statement was made In
The Pekin dispatches that the Japanese
Minister To thina had been instructed
by HIS Government to reopen negotia-
tions on Group Z Of the japanese de-
mands, which had been POSTPONED fol-
lowing representations from Iapan'.
European allies. II was the dcmand,
of this group m particular 10 which
China protested as infringing upon her
sovereignty.
When the decision OF the Council OF
State In favor Of the restoration of IN.
monarchy was announced on Noysnb,r
: Japan, backed 10y Great Britain and
RUSSIA. protested against a change I'm tho
form OF Government at his time, tho
Powers bastng their representations on
the danger of disorder resulting from tina
change AZ Il time when the Powers vere
least prepared to protect their interests,
emma replied To the representations Of
the POWERS 10 the effect that the chang,
would no be made immediately. bur
'he reply was not satisfactory 10 japan,
~hich continued her representations.