The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-05
CONDITION
PREVAILS IN THE
SOUTH Of CHINA
Some Provinces Declare indie.
pendence and Ally Them
selves to Continue Republic,
Others Proclaim Freedom.

"tn provinces IT, az TINS particular
time. Nunnuu. kwei-chuw aud
N~Wang-si provinces not only dcclat-
ed their independence ~ the pekiuE
government. hut allied themselves to-
g"th"r in u movement To- presrVo the
republic. kwang-tunR. kiang-si and
Chc-kiang have declared their indie
p~.ndeucc, but have not allied them
selves with the other three provinces,
In other words. kwang -tuug, Che
Eiang and Kiaug-si provinces have
proclaimed them-elNcs neutral They
are protecting themselves against
both the government and the rebel
troops. aud their action seems to
have been inspired more boy a desire
Co preserve Internal peace aud pre-
vent n disturbance OF ordinary
COmmcrciul transactions rnthe han
to protest against the pckiny govern
m"nt or show sympathy with the
! movement for a southern republic.
Whtn K~wang-tung province. with
the important city Of canton. declar-
Cd It's independence. the enemies OF
Va" r.king government ielt mat
Yuan Shi-kais fate was sealed How
even the revolutionary leaders IN
Is wnng-tung are So unfricudly Ia each
other and have had su many disscu-
sIons that k~wauE-tung secession
seems to have htll. effect on the ma
tiuual situation
ON Aprl -, representative 81 the
warring political factions in Canton
held u general meeting GO discuss the
situation The leaders Of the confer
cnue disagreed SO tiolrutly that re-
y@uiyer~ Wcr" drawn and men outside
the conference room nroi rifles a.
, the member. Tong kook-tau aHG
wang kwaug-ing the superinteud-
cut of police at Canton, were Killed
and Gnu CHEN. leader of the proges-
siNe party. was seriously wounded
Robbers have been Inspired by the
unsettled conditions to engage ir
lootiug the northern districts of
kwang-tung. and the province has
been compelled To issue q manifesto
preventing both the government
troops and the rcyolutiunis,s from
! crossing It's borders.
Meanwhile thc thirty DAYS truce
which was arranged with Tsai 40.
the leader of the Independence move
nont iu Yunnan province" is in effect,
ana there is no fighting IN Szc-chueu
province. which was the center of SO
much b~iocdsh,d early IN the rcyolu-
ZION. This armisticc mas bc extend
81. u is indicated. Negotiations be
tween Tsai 40 aud the Picking gov
crumcni are progressing satisfnctur-
Nv through th. medium uf chen Vi
military governor of S~lo-chucn proc
vince. Tsai 40 is quite willing that
Yuan Shi-kai shall rrmain as presi-
dent. indeed. he insists that he must
! remain. But the conditions under
which Tsai 40 would have" him con-
tinuo involve a complete change in
the present form uf government am
der which al powers centcts In Yuan
Shi-kuI Tsai 40 demands that
there shall be "A popularity elected
parliament. q responsible cabinet rep
r~.sontatiNc of all the various prev
noes OF china. and that the military
troops IN south China now engaged
n the revolution shall bee retained as
government troops. but placed under
the direction ~ the cabinet rather
than under the personal supervision
Of the president.
There l. little cooperation between
the rev ~nlutionnry leaders In Nunnan
kwei-chow and kwang-si ana those
m the other provinces which have
declared their Independence. The
kNang-tung r.yoiutionists are insist
ont that Yuan Sni-kai must abdica,c.
In klang-si the movement has been
milder. and apparently there is no
/ clamor for Yuan Shi-kais retirement
Although che kiang has officially de
| Clarcd It's Independence. many OF its
prominent officials have maintained
their loyalty To tn. Picking g"yern-
meni and Insist Their. N no demand
Tor Yuan Shi.kais abdication Tang
Shaggy and other radical rcNolu-
tionaty leaders iu shanghai are
unanimous IN their demand for Yuan
Shi-kai's a~bdivation, aud insist that
\ peace cannot come TO 'hina while
the president continues IN office,
The absolute lack Of coordination
! Iu the efforts Of the presidents en-
cmies ana the con~tan, strife he.
tween various ambitious revolution
AIRY leaders have neutrali2ed the rev
%olutiouarN movement very consider
ably, and played strongly into the
hands OF Yuan Shi-kai and his cotcrie.
The president ~ now said To be quite
willing 10 accept tho guidance Of a
l'NIhlNlNlt p''lll'I HUu 'hHli'Ns dHu
also to have parliament selected AZ
AN election not manipulated 10y tn.
central government. These Couces-
| sions would reconcile Tsai 40. who ~
probably the bigses, leader IN the
revolution, as NJ has actually taken
the field and directed the revolution
have actually taken up arms and put
themselves out If he a%gitatur class
into the role OF military men.
81. who have conducted a campaign
Of publicity under foreign protection
IN the treaty ports. have not attracted
a. much attention as the leaders who
ary operations.
Since the foregoing correspond
cnce was written the strength ~ tn"
royolutinnists has increased, accord
ing To recent cable dispatches. \
humber of cities n towns In the
provinces Of Shan-si .ud Shan.tune,
together with the city Of thcne-tu,
capital of the province OF S2e-chuen,
hive Joined the movement and the