CURRENT TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 4

CURRENT TOPICS.

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Yuan Shih Kai' Jias accepted tha effer of the Chinese'throne,, so a cable'told us last week. China became «n- republic op February- 12* l&liJ; upon ,she. abdication of the Emperor Kuang-su,. following the revolution''of- 'the, ■previous., .year. Yuan Shih Kai has- been PrcVdent since the inauguration of the Tepublic. A relent despateh frwaji,PekJn,{? a New York paper stated:—-"The proji'st of proclaiming himself Emperor is being discussed by. Yuan, Shih .Iki f> yr{th,,his immediate supporters and Professor frank Johnson ■, Jahp HpjsinaUniversi|y, legal adviser Ip.jhe Chuiese Government, who .jp,;in, .fßpkjq,, r v feo£esspr < G ,lP llno .! ir ' who .peeped. of Yuan Sljih gai by p,dvis£,giyen, during former, critical P ee iC?9,P 3 *M?i??... O J| J his question since his arrival Sere, and \t. is learned that h,e, approves of the project. J'he-nejys bfijame buMic b'V the deHber.alfcinbhcalipn •fa the nesyVpap^rs-of accounts of the formation by several promen, pi .an,, associationi for p H r,posp, .discussing whether a monarchy i's.no,f„the better ,form of government for CJhiria.. [He. published article Qf.th,? formation of.flie pofiety iqric-,te3 .Professor, Goo&b.w as aecTaring that fpr^.CJiinft,o, r rnipnarcJftyJlß;ft'Bejtter form o( gpyerripien.t than, a and that fcCjndilijpnX, different ~in China anj| and itJis impossible to transplant a system from one 'country to another'., ballo't, for the'aWrbval' or /'isftpipityYal',.9/ the monarchal x &rm of government ..was JaKen >n 9,cto6er ( in ,vprh>U!) .jroyvnees. of.' , under, the iaine o'fAhe Keprescht'atlyes pt, the. Cifens' .Convention, reported tha£ the whpja of ; . the rejjreserita'tives, upapimpusly voted in favor of the monarchy ,and in_ flayer of Yuan shih,.,Kf), mata.Eirperpr.' Kirin rep'()rtfijl the,whole 0/ the 57 votes W;e're,„ij), ta,vpr of Jhe _ ipioijarcliy, uiianjmousiy recommended that the Preindent,. ,sh"c,u]d & ,'elecled Emperor |ln pJia.nfH%.& J?3, representatives, unanimously voled in favor d.f the monarchy Si, An,, under the name of the, ,of the. Citizens' Convention, rpconimapdejl Jt&a\ t tlje Resident shall he 'supposed, Ijs lie new Emperor, and .that he be. T urgeq..to give way to the ■wish, ~.of the jpeppta, aiu. • accept • yie .thr'fliuu Of tile whole pf the 90 votes, a,}), Wjerp JnJavor of the restoration of the Monarchy. ' Tientsin reported that tlifi,U,l? representatives of the Citiqenfl' ftonvJentioii jj'najiimously voted iii fayqr pf..fli'e;. eestpratjqii of the monarchal form of goy^rin^en];"