CHINA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
YUAN SHIH--KAI ELECTED. By Taloffraph—Press Association—Copyright Pckln, October G. Tlio Presidential ballots lasted twelve hours, 753 members voting. There were twenty nominations, including Dr. Sun Yat Son. The first ballot was inconclusive. General Yuan Shih-Kai (Provisional President), secured 471 votes and General Li Yuanhung 154. Tho second ballot was also inconclusive—Yuan Shih-Kai 497, Li Yuanhung 162. At tho third ballot Yuan Sliih-Kai was elected by 507 votes to Li Yuanhung's 179. TWO HUNDRED VOTES BOUGHT. (Rcc. Octobor 7, 11.25 3.m.) Peking, October 7. Lobby estimates agree that two hundred votes, purchased last Week, exercised a deeisivo influenco on tho Presidential election. Tho public was absolutely indifferent to the election. A photographer in a gallery, without warning, took a flashlight photograph of the final voting. The magnesium light was mistaken for a bomb, and the flash was tho signal for a wild panic. The local Consul for Japan, Mr. T. Young, has received a cablegram from the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs intimating that Japan lias recognised tlio Eepublic of China as from October 6.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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177CHINA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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