The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-03
TELLS Of FACTS
WHICH CAUSED
CHINESE REVOLT
Many Officers Of Pro-republic.
anForce Now Operating in
Yunnan Educated in Jap
anese Schools.

Picking -Practicaiiy all the military
leaders participating in the Yunnan
revolution are officers VINO we're
trained IN Japan. according TO "A let
ter written from Yunnanfu by Kung
'hen-pcng. one Of the re~Nolutiouists.
ana Just published in Japanese papers
ISSUED in North China. Eight uf the
commanding officers are graduates of
the japanese Military academy.
Among these are General Tsai 40,
commandcr-in-chiot and HE pro-
motor Of the insurrcction Lo Pei
chin. chief Of stan. and Fanp Sheng-
tao, vice chief of staff other officers
prominent IN the Yunnhn army are
from Picking university. yunnan Mil
itary academy ana P%aotingfu Militar,
academy.
kuur Chen-peng's letter
10 give q detailed description OF the
origin and development OF the Yunnan
movement for independence, the first
received In pcking. 4 translation of
part of the letter follows.
@ December II Ii I.ieuh-chun
Gone uf the leaders of the i9i2 revo-
%lutionl. Hsing kou-wu and myself
managed to reach Yunnanfu. the capt.
q Va ~ w lhhtlI INHfNt bIllN
ion was unanimously opposed to the
constitutional change. ON the fol-
lowing day Military Governor Tang
Chi-yao called on Ii Lieh-chun and
discussed with hin the possibility Of
declaring Independence. II was final
ly agreed that a preliminary meeting
should he held in the Chung I len tenn
pie. The meeting was attended by all
Of ne, together with NAM high milf
tary officers. Various important mat
ters relating "a military. financial and
diplomatic questions were discussed.
ION the nineteenth the Second
mixed brigade VA sent To- n certain
direction. and on the twenty-first the
Third and Fourth %brigades to other
directions. ON the same day we re-
'eiyed s66O.O0 tMexicanJ from resi-
dents IN Nanyang tSouth seas) re-
gions. while rifles. mountain guns
and immense quantities of war mater.
ial reached US.
- the twenty second. Tsai 40 and
others having arrived. another gen
eral meeting was held. Il was re-
solved then TO send a dispatch To Pc
king urging Yuan to the
monarChical scheme and apologize to
the public by executing promoters of
the Chou An Hui (Society for the
Preservation of Peace. IL was fur
thcr decided to addrcs the various
provinces asking them 10 assist us in
our attempt to maintain the republic.
Matters relating 10 the urganization
of a republican force were considered
and approved
q the following day Geographic
replies were received from General
Lin Tsun-how, commander Of the
Szechuan division, Brigadier Generals
Wa Hsiang-chen and Lei piao. AS well
as Military Inspector Liu oi kwcichow
and the chiaurchun tnilitarr govern
orr Of kwangsi followed hy letters
encouraging MS from various prov
inccs. Another moctiug was held on
the twenty-fuurth when 81 important
persons representing the local mili-
tary, commercial and other interests
were present. After carefully ON
sidering The subject the time Go de-
clare -indcpendcnco wns .c' for the
twcnty-sisth at noon
ION the appointed day General
Tanp Issued the official declaration OF
Independence. attesting his signature
thereto under the title Of Tutuh. Al
IL O'Clock an Impressive ceremony