Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-04
Some Southern Provinces
Have Declared Iudcpend-
cnce of Government.
LITTLE COOPERATION
Revolutionary Leaders Are
Unfriendly to Each
Other.

tCorrr. poudcnce Of The Associated Pre,s.)
DEKING. May $50 much con-
Il fusion reigus in south China that
1t is impossible to determine exactly
what the status of many of the south
cru provinces is at this particular
time Yunuan, Kwei-chow and
KwanE-si provinces not only declared
their independence Of the Pcking gov
eminent but allied themselves to-
gothcr in a movement TO preserve the
republic. but have not allied them
selves with the other three provinces.
In other words, kwang-tung, che
kiang and kiang-si provinces have
proclaimed thCmsclNCs neutral They
are protecting themselves against
both the government and the rebel
troops. and their action seems 10 have
been inspired more by a desire TO
preserve internal peace and prevent
the disturbance Of ordinary CONNER
cial transactions rather than to pro-
test against the Pclting government or
show sympathy with the movement
for southern republic.
When Kwaug-tung province, with
the important city of Canton, declared
It's Independence, the enemies of the
Picking government felt that Yuan
Shi-kars fate was sealed. However,
the revolutionary leaders in Kwang-
tung are so unfriendly to each other
and have so many dissensions that
KwauE- lungs secession seems to have
little effect on the national situation.
Hold Meeting.
on April 10, representatives of the
warning political factions in Canton
held "A general meeting to discuss the
situation. The leaders of the confer
cnce disagreed so violently that re
volvors We're drawn and men outside
the conference room fired rifles at the
members. Tong kOok-tan and Wang
Kwaug-ling, the superintendent of
police at Canton, were killed, and
Chu Chen leader Of the progressive
party was seriously wounded Rob
bcrs have been inspired by the un-
settled conditions TO engage in looting
the northern districts of Kwang- -tung
and the province has been compelled
to issue a manifesto preventing both
the government troops and the rcvolu-
uonists from crossing its borders
Meanwhile the thirty days truce
which was arranged with Tsai 40. the
leader of the Independence movement
in Nunnan province. is in effect an0
there is no fighting in Sze- -chuen prov.
lrcc. winch was the center OF so much
bloodshcd early in the revolution
This armisticc may he extended il is
indicated. Negotiations between Tsai
40 and the Picking government are
progressing satisfactorily through the
medium OF Chen vi. military governor
Of Szc-chuen province. Tsai 40 is
quite willing that Yuan Shih-kai shall
remain as president; indeed, he in
sists that ne must remain. But the
conditions under which Tsai 40 would
have him continue involve com.
plctc change I'm the present form of
government under which all powers
contors in Yuan Shih-kai Tsai 40
demands that there shall be popu,
larlv elected parliament, a responsible
cabinet representative Of all the va.
rious provinces of China. and that
the military troops in south China
now engaged in the revolution shall
be retained as government troops. bur
placed under the direction of the cabi-