Peking, Nov. 2
President Tsao Kun this afternoon at 6 o'clock officially announced his resignation and at the same time forwarded the Presidential seals to the Kuowuyuan, President Tsao, immediately after his decision to resign yesterday, intended to hand over the seals to the Kuowuyuan, but owing to the fact that certain Mr. Liu, a secretary to the Presidency, had disappeared, taking with him the key of a sate in which the Presidential seals had been kept, the delivery of the seals was delayed until this afternoon, as it took the authorities concerned some time to find the secretary, Nov. 3.
The gist of the mandate issued by President Tsao Kun is that, the Present disturbances being pra cally due to his unworthiness, he hho decided to tender his resigna tion, taking the entire respon
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