CHINA'S STRONG MAN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1347, 26 January 1912, Page 5

CHINA'S STRONG MAN.

NEW OFFER TO YUAN SUM KAIWANTED FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Bj Tclerraph— e rcss Association—OoDJTlchl (Rec. January 20, 0.5 a.m.) Peking, January 25Dr. Sun Yat Sou undertakes to resign tho Presidency of China if Yuan Shih Kai will sever his connection wit! the Mauchus and publicly avow Ms adherence to Republicanism. Upon doing this he will be elected President. IMPERIAL TREASURES SOLD. BARGAINS FOR PARIS DEALERS. (Ecc. January 2G, 0.5 p.m.) Poking, Jauuary 25. Two thousand Imperial troops have revolted at Slang-Yang. The sale of tho Imperial art treasures has commenced. Parisian dealers have purchased several million francs' worth of pearls. INSUFFICIENT FOREIGN TROOPS. London, January 24. A correspondent writes that the two thousand foreign troops in Peking are insufficient, and if tho Europeans ore seriously attacked tho result will bo disastrous. Tho situation is very delicate. Tho Powers aro reluctant to provoke an outbreak, which might follow tho reinforcement, of tho Legation guards. MONEY DEMANDED. Shanghai, January 21. Jn view of the shortness of funds, tho Republican War Minister has demanded from tho China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company ten million taels, otherwise the ships will be commandeered and sold.