Arizona republican., 1916-06-25
AFTER YUAN SHI KAI, WHAT
 NEXT IN TROUBLED CHINA?

PEKING. China, June 24.-(Spe- cial.) )-What may China expect from Ii Yuan Hung, the new president of the republic and successor of Yuan Sl.' kai? The career of Yuan-hung is, like that of Yuan far more mili- tary and official career than that of a popular liberator. But there IS this great distinction-Li has come far more under southern influence and that means liberal influence. than his predecessor. The new president comes from the great mid Yangtse province of Tupeh, where he was born fifty-two years ago of middle class parents of modern means. He illustrates the notely official life of the Chinese in that he has been both a naval officer and a major of cavalry A graduate of the Peiyang Naval College. he was stationed aboard Chinese cruiser and saw service during the Japanese war. After the war and a course of military study in Japan, where he specialized in Notifications, he became a protege of the great viceroy, Chang Chitung. who, from being pioneer in the students overseas education move ment, had always a marked partiality for brilliant young men.
 He followed Chang from Ranking to Wuchang, where he was made a colonel, and where, as a pioneer in army reorganization he planned the Changteh maneuvers of 1903. He showed his liberal qualities when, on being appointed military governor at Wuchang, he voluntarily abdicated the civil side of his power to a separate civil administration, the first act of the kind on the part of any Chinese military governor up to that time.
 Cast Lot With Revolution
 Wien the revolution of 1911 broke out. Iii was still colonel, and was absolutely unknown save to the mar row administrative circles of his life around Wuchang and Hankow. A bomb went off, a list of conspirators was discovered, and a sudden rising thus p:ematurelv enforced. struck at the vitals of the nation with the cap ture of the Hanyang arsenal on Octo- Der 10. 1911. There was no leader, save a boy, Tiu King. a student just home from Japan. Other leaders were coming. but most of them like Sun l Yat-sen in London, were caught un- awares and were far away. Liu King l went to see Colonel u. Lii demurred, I doubted thought it was a foolhardy risk. The boy ordered his escort of | soldiers to draw their swords and pre- sent them at Colonel Lis breast They did so. and. according to the story oi | those early days. which has never been | denied by Iii himself, the military gov error was thus persuaded" to cast 1T i his lot with the revolution.
 Once in, he was the most energetic and effective leader on the southern side, and directed the sanguinary and desperate battles around Hankow with loyal skill and determination. He fig | ured prominently in the subsequent peace conference at Shanghai. and when Yuan loomed up bigger and big ger as the only ultimate choice for president. he was nominated as the most likely counterpoise to his ambi- tions as vice president. and duly | elected
 Plays Yuan's Game
 In the four stormy years that have followed. Ii Yuan-hung has more of
 ten played Yuan's game than any other When his southern associates were driven from the country in 1913
 he stood with the government anC
 held the Wuhan cities against tn
 rebels. At the end of that year ]
 was summoned to Picking. and it ha!