Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1911 — CHINESE MINISTRY CHANGE [ARTICLE]

CHINESE MINISTRY CHANGE

Tang Shao Yi Becomes Minister of Communication. Pekin, Oct. 27.—Sheng Hsuan Huai, the minister of communication in the present cabinet, has been dismissed and Tang Shao Yi, his predecessor in the same office, was reappointed. It was the railway nationalization policy of Sheng Hsuan Huai which in a large degree led to the present uprising. A resolution was introduced in the national assembly demanding his impeachment and dismissal. Some of the radicals in the legislative body demanded that he be executed. Tang Shao Yi was a special envoy to the United States and other countries several years ago and regarded in China as a great friend of America. He came here to thank the president for the action of the United States in returning a portion of the Boxer indemnity. He was appointed president of the board of communications in August, 1910, but resigned in January of this year. He was a progressive and a member of the anti-Japanese party. Tang Shao Yi is a graduate of Yale. Rebels Seize Foo-Chow Custom House. Shanghai, Oct. 27. Officials have received news from Foo-Chow saying that there has been a revolt there and that the rebels have seized the custom house. The situation is regarded as most disastrous and likely to affect the loyalty of the navy, whose crews are mainly Cantonese and FooKienese. Imperial Troops Murder Viceroy. Pekin, Oct. 27.—Native newspapers say that the imperial troops at Cheng Tu mutinied, murdered Chao Erh, Fong, the viceroy of Szechuan, and joined the rebellion. The reports are not confirmed.