CHINESE REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 8 January 1912, Page 5

CHINESE REVOLT.

PEKIN TO COAST RAILWAY OCCUPIED. ACTION BY THE POWERS. 'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Pekin, January 7. The Powers have occupied the i ailway from Pekin to the sea. REMARKABLE MANIFESTO BY THE PRESIDENT. “TO FURTHER CIVILISATION.” (Received 8, 8.45 a.in ) Shanghai, January 7. Sun-Yat-Sen has ’ssued a remarkable manifesto on hehaif of the Republic. After a long ; coital ox griev.ances he assorts that the poli.iv of the Manchus has been unequivocal, exclusion and unyielding tyranny. Prior to the Manchu domination the land was open to foreign into■•'■ourto and religions toleration existed, as shown by Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveller. The Manchus plunged China into a state of benighted neutrality and restricted foreign trade to treaty ports. The Republic would respect all treaties and loans entered into prior to the commencement of the revolution, but would repudiate others. The Republic hopes to be admitted to the family of nations and allowed to cooperate in the great task of forwarding the civilisation of the world.