CHAOS IN CHINA.
PRIME MINISTER IN FLIUHT.
By Telegraph—Press A3sociatlon-CopyTiEht (Rcc. June 19, 0/20 a.m.) Peking, June IS. The Prime Minister, Tang-Shao-yi, secretly fled to Tientsin. He explains that ho intends to retire, as lie has lost the confidence of the foreigners as to his hold on the Kepublican party.
'ihc President, Yuan Shih lyai, and others are urging Tang-Shao-yi to reconsider his decision.
A Manchu division of the mniy, which was quartered at Uie Summer Palace, started for Peking to demand their pay. Yuan Shih Kai's troops, however, intercepted them, and quelled the outbreak, arresting the leaders.
The unrest in the provinces of Shansi Shensi and Shantung threatens to develop into outbreaks, unless the troops are paid.
The Government has appealed to the international financiers to advance three million taels (about =£130,000) to avert a crisis.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1470, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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137CHAOS IN CHINA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1470, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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