Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1920 — MONARCHY IN CHINA? [ARTICLE]

MONARCHY IN CHINA?

Republic Ended and Empire Restored, is Report. ' ' i 1 a. . American Warships Reach Shanghai as Rumor Reaches That City of Change in Government " Shanghai, China, Oct. 14. —Gen. Chang Tsao-lln, governor of Fengtion. Uax overthrown the Peking government | and proclaimed h monarchy, accord- j ing to a rumor current In this city. This rumor has not been authenticated and no details have been received here, but Chinese officials have Deen profoundly stirred by it । Gen. Chang Tsao-lin was probably the strongest military leader during the recent conflict between the Chihli and Anfu forces. He played a leading part during that trouble and was • accused of being a tool of the Japanese. the supposition here that the I coup, if it really has taken place, is an effort to restore to the throne former Emperor Hsuan-tung. son of Prince Chun. ——— — t. " General Llshun, commander of Chinese government troops In the provinces of Ktangsu and Kiangs!, and leader of a powerful political clique, committed suicide at Nanking by shifting himself. The text of his will declared his action was due to developments at Peking and the failure of measures he had advocated for the “salvation of the nation.” Half of the general’s fortune of many millions of yen was left to carry on the work of famine relief and education. His death, it is believed, will have far reaching political results. Tfiree American warships, the cruiser Huron and the light cruisers Albany and New Orleans, arrived here Wednesday. On board the Huron, the flagship, was Admiral Albert Cleaves, commander of the American Asiatic fleet. This vessel, which was formerly the South Dakota, is the largest warship ever to come up the Hwangpu river to the city’s water front, j