On November 9 our correspondent in the capital telegraphed that the Chinese Minister in To-kie, acting on instructions from Peking, had informed the Japanese Government that no change would take place within the year and two days later, when Mr. Obata, and the British, French and Russian Ministers attended at the Waichizopu to - receive China's reply to Japan's request for further enlightenment, (for this time Russia' bad in line with Great France) Lu Cheng-hsiang stated that after a decision had been recorded by the people the necessary steps to be taken would be many and varied so that before the performance of the grand ceremony could be carried out there would inevitably be considerable delay. On November 12 the Italian Charge d'Affaires, Signor D. Vare intimated to the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Government's desire to associate itself with the advice tendered by the, Allies and on November 21—the day after Mr. Hioki's return to Peking—our correspondent telegraphed the opinion of infuential Chinese that the actual change to a monarchical form of government would be delayed until the termination of the war. Two days later General Feng Kuo-chang, Chiangehun of Nanking, reporting the results of the trial of the murderers of Admiral Tseng Ju-cheng (who was assassinated in Shanghai on November 10) said that the murder appeared to have no direct connexion with the monarchical movement and that it had not affected the situation in the Yangtze Valley where peace and order were being maintained. On November 28 President Yuan Shih-kai's sixth daughter was betrothed to the ex-Emperor Honan Tung, the go-between being Prince Pu Lun and General Yin Chang and on the fol-
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