Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-22
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
 REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Celebrated With Patriotic Exercises In
 All Sections of the Country.

Peking, Nov. 21.-China celebrated the fifth anniversary of the establish ment of the republic with patriotic exercises in practically all sections of the country. Peking was the scene of one of the most brilliant military re- views ever held in China. The capi- tai city fas gorgeously decorated with the fve-barred flags of the republic, and the great arches of brilliant colors
 were erected all along the ten-miie route from the Forbidden City. to the Nanyuan parade ground, where thirty thousand troops passed in review be- fore President Ii Yuan-hung.
 Great changes have come over the Chinese republic since the fourth an- i-niversary of it's esta bfishment. Yuan Shi-ka was in the throes of the mo- tnarchial movement last year, and was compelled to abandon the annual re- view of troops in the capital which | had previously been held on the annt- versary of the republics birth.
 1 Democracy of the most pronounced type marked this years celebration. | The occasion was characteristic of the spirit which has dominated Chinese affairs since Ii Yuan-hung became the president. Imperialism was thoroughly in the background.
 It was Yuan Shi-kafs practice to | review the troops from balcony high I up on the immense watch tower which | SurrOunQS the IQ4ln 0IltIdECS LO LlS l Forbidden City. But Lii Yuan-hung rode boldly outside the Forbidden City to the great drill ground south of Pe- king, where he mounted a horse and,
 accompanied by his staff, made com plete round of the military forces which were drawn up in a great hol- low square. He then took. his posi- 1 tion on a low reviewing stand and | stood practically unattended while the thousands of infantrymen, cavalry men and artillerymen passed in review
 Great interest centered about the re- icertain disgruntled military leaders might inspire an attempt upon the president, and endeavor to replace the
 present government with a military of the reports and demonstrated his fhold upon the Chinese people by ap- bearing as had been arranged before
 the evil rumors came into circulation
 This action was done n,,H much .ts ts
 Ii Yuan-hung's leadership. It was
 widely advertised in the newspapers that the troops which passed in review
 were chiefly northern soldiers. The loyalty of this force of thirty thous-
 and magnificently drilled soldiers was
 warning to disgruntled leaders ir l central and south China that L.
 Yuan-hung and his government have actual physical strength with which to resist any onslaught upon Peking. Ii Yuan-ung wore the gorgeous
 dress uniform of a Chinese general His long coat and trousers were light l grey blue, of European cut, heavily trimmed with gold, and his breast was | covered with score of medals and
 decorations bestowed upon the leader who was an obscure brigadier-general
 in Wuchang five years ago. His hel-
 met was surmounted by flowing white plume.
 When the Chinese president mounted
 his horse and dashed across the re- | viewing field, the hundreds of foreign CTS invited to attend the review were much impressed by his active figure and the ease with which he rode. He
 | is still the same active military lead CT who practially initiated at Wuchane : the revolution which undid the Man chu regime and made it possible fol him to become vice president of the 7 new republic
 !, At the conclusion of the review, bi- 7 planes and monoplanes of the Chi , nese aerial corps flew over the re- l viewing grounds. while President L Yuan-hung stood watching the flights Scores of photographers and moving picture men were permitted to photo.
 graph the president. He showed nc
 uneasiness' nor fear of any assa ult 5 His body guard did not accompany : him to the reviewing stand and ap parent1y there was no effort to prevent
 assassins from attacking him, had they f wished to do so. ~S
 The Chinese press Is unanimous fl r its praise of Ii Yuan-hung's defiancs ? of the critics of the present adminis.
 tration. Newspaper in the cnpita = and other prominent cities of China 2l say the president did much to silenc, g the critics of his cabinet bv his fear : Jess participation in the celebration O 2 t''e n----;--7--ary of, the founding O s the republic. l. T South Manchester.-Rev O. T. Mag
 nell, former resident Of Manchester st who was with the First and SHcon t regiments at the carnD in Niartie an f also at the border, delivered an inter L esting talk on the Impressions that h s gained as the guardsmen's spfritua