CHINA'S UPHEAVAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1807, 21 July 1913, Page 5

CHINA'S UPHEAVAL.

GRAVE CRISIS THREATENING.

NORTH VERSUS SOUTH.

CABINET RESIGNS. ( REVOLUTIONARY PRESIDENT PROCLAIMED. ; ] By Telegraph—PreßS Association— Copyright (Rec. July 20, 5.5 p.m.) Peking, July 19. '■ Tho political crisis which is now de- ' vcloping threatens to be of first-class magnitude. ' Cabinet has resigned. Tho trouble springs from tho rivalry 1 between North and South and President ' Yuan Sliih Kai's efforts to override tho provincial authorities. The Southerners demand tho President's resignation. . The immediate causo of tho revolt was the dismissal, by Yuan Shili Kai of the Tu-Tuh of Kiangsi, a young general, for flouting the President's authority. The . necessity for keeping largo forces in Mongolia, where the situation is serious, is increasing Yuan Shih Kai's difficulties. Dr. Sun Yat Sen is openly favouring a Southerner, Hsen Chan Hsuan, a man- of great force of character and ruthless disposition, who has been proclaimed the revolutionary president. His troops have captured the British section of the Tientsin railway. Tho Southerners killed upwards of twenty officers, who were loyal to tho Central Government. Yuan Shih Kai has appointed Fen Kuo Chang, who captured Hanyang during the revolution, to the' supreme command in the Yangtse Valley. It is reported that upwards of forty Japanese officers are assisting tho rebels. The Woosung forts have joined the rebels. Hong-Kong, July 19. Great Britain has sent a destroyer to Canton. MONGOLIAN AGREEMENT JECTED. TROUBLE WITH RUSSIA FEARED. (Sydney "Sun" Special.) Peking, July 18. The Senate has rejected the proposed Mongolian agreement, on the ground that it believed tho agreement would lead to gravo trouble with Russia. The Riusso-Chinese negotiations regarding Mongolia reached their final slago recently when tho terms of the agreement were submitted to closed meetings of the Senate and Houso of Representatives. Tho negotiations were conducted in a conciliatory spirit on both sides. Tho agreement was favourably received, and was referred to special committees of both Houses for report. The. broad features of tho agreement aro aS follow:—China undertakes not to disturb the status quo as regards the previously existing 1 autonomy of Outer Mongolia, recognises the right of the Outer Mongols to preserve poaoe in their own territory, ami to prevent colonisation by others than Mongols. Russia, in return, recognises both Outer and Inner Mongolia as an integral portion of China, and undertakes to respect China's rights hitherto acquired in that territory. Russia, bb sho has' been permitted by previous treaties, can maintain Consular guards and Consular officials in Outer Mongolia, but no other officials, and she will not colonise in that territory. China will acoept tho friendly offices of Russia as mediator between herself (China) and Mongolia, and will grant certain commercial privileges to Russia in Outer Mongolia. Tho conduct of international relations remains vested in China. Presumably tho area of Outer Mongolia will bo determined subsequently. At present it is understood that it comprises the territory of t'ho four Aimaks of Kha'lka,