Shen Bao
The incident which triggered the final clash of Huang and Yuan occurred in 1915. At that time, news media sympathetic to Yuan had been promoting his plan to revive the monarchic system in China. At first, he offered Liang Qichao () two hundred thousand dollars to write an article in favor of him, but Liang refused. Then he approached Huang due to Huang's reputation. Yuan offered him ten thousand dollars to become a minister and the chief editor of "Ya Shi Ya Daily News" (), which was under his control. Still, Huang was unwilling to violate his principles as a journalist. Huang posted his announcement entitled "My declaration of opposing the monarchic system and resignation from all positions of Yuan's group of publishers" 《黃遠生反對帝制並辭去袁系報紙聘約啟事》 in most major newspapers in Shanghai, including "Shen Bao" (). Huang published further similar announcements in several papers, including "Shen Bao" () and "Shi Shi Xin Bao" () to clarify his political break from Yuan.