CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.
SUN YAT SEN'S MANIFESTO. AIMS OF THE REPUBLIC. By Teloeraph-Presa AeaoeiaUon-CeDyrieh' Shanghai, January 7. Sun Tat Son has issaed a remarkable manifesto in behalf of the Republic. It contains a long recital of grievances against the policy of Manchus, which, it declares, has been oue of unequivocal exclusion and unyieHing tyranny. Prior to tho rulo of the iltmchus the land was open to foreign intercourse, and religious tolerance existed, as shown in the writings of , 'Marco Polo. The Manchus, the manifesto continues, plunged China into a state of benighted neutrality, and restricted foreign towl* to the treaty ports. Under the Republic all treaties and loans entered into prior to the commencement of I lie revolution would bo reoognised, but it would repudiate all others.
Tho Republic hopes to' bo admitted to the family of nations, and allowed to cooperate in the treat task of forwarding the civilisation of the world.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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153CHINA'S CIVIL WAR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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