A NEW CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 157, 2 January 1912, Page 5

A NEW CHINA.

REPUBLIC OR MONARCHY ? By Cable —Preas Association—Copyright. Pekin, December 29. An edict has been issued in deference to Tang Sha Oyi's memorial which cites Wu-Tung-Fang as asserting the determination of the people to have a republic. The edict admits that the throne's assent to the nineteen articles of the constitution by the declaraion in the Hall of Ancestors was inspired by confidence and adds "the cital question of a constitution or a republic cannot be decided by one section of the people or the throne alone. Therefore the National Convention must decide." Tang Sha Qyi is directed to consult the Republicans in order to arrange a method of selecting delegates and for a cessation of hostilities. The Mongolian princes have undertaken to declare the independence of Mongolia in the event of China becoming a republic. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Pekin, December 29. The Peace Conference at Shanghai has decided, pending a national convention, that Yuan-Shili-kai must not raise a foreign loan during the negotiations. The Imperial troops withdrew a short distance, and the Republican troopß did not advance. Tung-Fang has arrived at Pekin in disguise. The Assembly sitting at Nanking on December 29 has elected Sun-Yat-Sen president.

A LEADER'S RUSE. Pekin, December 30. Tuan Fang bribed soldiers to pretend that they had murdered soldiers. They killed a pig and exhibited their reeking swords. Tuan Fang shaved himself and clothed himself in rags and escaped. The conference at Shanghai agreed that the decisions of the National Convention should be binding on both parties. HOSTILITIES RENEWED. POSITION OF THE EMPEROR. Received 1, 7 p.m. Pekin, December 31. The armistice having expired, the Republicans opened fire from Wuchang upon Hanyang. New York, December 31. The Herald's Shanghai corrtespondent states that Tang-Sha-Oyi suggested that the conference should grant the Emperor ex-terriorialty at Jehol, and the Republicans expressed their readiness to grant to him treatment equal to that accorded a deposed foreign king. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen is offering Yuan-Shih-Kai the position of President.

A NATIVE CONVENTION. ARMISTICE ARRANGED. Received 2, 2.10 a.m. Pekin, January 1. The Shanghai conference decided that a national convention be summoned by telegraph, including three delegates from each province. The convention will begin when threefourths of the delegates assemble. An armistice has been arranged.