Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1911 — YUAN VETOES REPUBLIC [ARTICLE]

YUAN VETOES REPUBLIC

Insists that China Shall Be a Limited Monarchy. Prospect of Republicans Winning Their Contention Not at All Certain in Pekin Opinion. Pekin, Dec 22,—Premier Yuan Shih Kai has countered on Wu Ting Fang’s demand for a republic by an equally determined insistence on the retention of the monarchy under constitutional limitations. -

He has forwarded a reply to that effect to Lang Shao Y|, the government representative at Shanghai, adding that a limited monarchy will endure to the fullest as a representative government, while a republic would endanger Chinese unity. Yuan Shih Kai in an interview declared that he would never consent to a republic The prospect of the republicans winning their demand is not regarded with the same certainty here as at Shanghai. Those familiar with oriental bargaining are inclined to treat Dr. Wu’s demand merely as the first move.