THE NEW CHINA.
DR. SUN-YAT-SEN RESIGNS.
NEW PRESIDENT RESIGNS.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.
Pekin, February 15.
Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen and the members of the Cabinet have resigned. They strongly recommend the election of Yuan-Shih-Kai to the presidency of the Republic. Their resignations were reluctantly accepted. The'election of a new president will occur to-day.
ELECTION OF YUAN SHIH KAI. Received 17, 1 a.m. Nanking, February 16. Representatives of seventeen provinces unanimously elected Yuan Shih Kai provisional President.
"REPUBLICAN DAY." By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night,
The local Chinese Association received last night a copy of a cable sent to the Young China Party in Melbourne by the Provisional Government in Nanking, stating that the Manchu dynasty hadabdicated, and the party has agreed to observe February 15 as a general holiday in honor of the occasion. It has been decided by the Chinese throughout New Zenlaml to observe Monday next as a holiday, and on that day inoft of their places of business will be closed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 197, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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162THE NEW CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 197, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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