Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-06-01
Associated Press)


 much confusion reigns in South China that it is impos- Sible to determine exactly what the status of many of the southern provinces is at this particular time.
 Yunnan, Kwei-chow and Kwang-Si provinces not only declared their independence of the Picking government, but allied themselves together in a movement to preserve the republic.
 Kwank-tung, Kiang-si and Che-Kiang provinces have declared their inde- pendence, but have not allied them selves with the other three provinces.
 n other words, Kwang-tung, Che-Ki- ang and Kiang-si provinces have pro- claimed themselves neutral. They are protecting themselves against both the government and the rebel troops, and their action seems to have been
 inspired more by desire to preserve internal peace and prevent the dis .urbance of ordinary commercial tran sections rather than to protest against the Picking government or show sym 1athy with the movement for south ern republic.
 When Kwang-tung, with the import ant city of Canton, declared it's inde- pendence, the enemies of the Peking government felt that Yuan Shi-kai's fate was sealed. However, the revolu- tionary leaders in Kwang-tung are so lnfriendly to each other and have had 50 many dissentions that Kwang- lungs secession seems to have little effect on the national situation.
 One April 12, representatives of the warning political factions in Canton held general meeting to discuss the situation. The leaders of the confer
 nee disagreed so violently that revol-
 CTS were drawn and men outside the conference room fired rifles at the members. Tong KoOk-tan and Wang Awang-ling, the superintendent of po-
 ice at Canton, were killed, and Gnu Chien, leader of the progressive party, was seriously wounded. Robbers have been inspired by the unsettled condi-
 ions to engage in footing the northern districts of Kwang- -tung, and the prov nee has been compelled to issue a manifesto preventing both the govern nent troops and the revolutionists rom crossing the borders.
 Meanwhile the 30 days truce which vas arranged with Tsai-Ao, the leader of the independence movement in Yum Ian province, is in effect, and there is 10 fighting in Sze-chuen province, which was the center of so much oloodshed early in the revolution. This lrmistice may be extended, it is indi-
 ated. Negotiations between Tsai 40 and the Picking government are pro- gressing satisfactorily through the me- Hum of Chen Vi, military governor of Sze-Chuen province Tsai 40 is quite willing that Yuan Shih-Kai shall re- naln as president; indeed, he insists hat he must remain. But the condi- tlons under which Tsai 40 would have him continue involve a complete ;hange of the present form of govern nent under which all powers conters m Yuan Shi-kai Tsai Ao demands that there shall be popula1ly elected }arllament, a responsible cabinet rep resentative of all the various provinces Of China, and that the military troops in south China now engaged in the revolution shall be retained as govern ment troops, but placed under the Gi. 'ection of the cabinet rather ta4n un- der the personal supervision oc 1he president
 There is little cooperation between the revolutionary leaders in Yunnan, Awei-Chow and Kwang-si and those n the other provinces which have de- clared their independence. The Kwang- si the movement has been milder, and there is no clamor for Yuan Shi-kai's retirement. Although Che kiang has officially declared it's inde- pendence, many of it's prominent of .icials have maintained their loyalty to the Picking government and insist there is no demand for Yuan Shi-kai's Tang Shao-yi and other radical revolutionary leaders in Shang- aai are unanimous in their demand for Yuan Shi-kai's abdication, and insist that peace cannot come to China while the president continues in office.
 The absolute lack of coordination