China

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 10 April 1916, Page 8

China

CONTROL OF THE FAR EAST. JAPAN ASKS QUESTIONS. [Dn'ITKI. London, .-April 7. The Chin?so press states Unit Japan has present strong Nolo regarding the rebellion, asking China to state what stops h«ve been taken to supi press it, and pointing out that Japan lis responsible for tlse preservation of i peace in the Far Rast. ! SOUTHERN CHINA IN A FERMENT. YUAN IN FALLING FAVOR. NORTHERN ARMY BLOCKED UP. SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS FEARED. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Peking, April 9. There is a tendency in the whole of Southern China to join the movement against Yuan-Shi-Eai, as the President has not made the concessions necessary to save the situation. and he has lost sympathy with practically all the prominent public men.

A large part of the northern army | are blocked up in the province of Szechuon ? in West China north of the Yang-tse-Kiang, and are dispirited owing to the rouunciation of the Monarchy. Many fear the collapse of the present Government, following a division of the country into different military commands, but this is avoidable provided the Monarchists take no desperate steps to endeavour Do keep Yuan in power. , (Access to the province is only obtained up the Yang-t.vO.-Kiang rapids, or through the Min Mountains by a road cut from Shon-si, in the north).