A recent writer on Chinese matters expressed the view that the revolution of 1911 is not yet at an end, and for proof of this contention (apart from the general state of the country) it is only necessary to look to the north. In Manchuria only a week or two since, Chang Tso-lin called together his henchmen of the three provinces, and they met in conference at Mukdea. Manchuria, or at any rate its ruler, can afford' to be so independent, that it need hardly trouble to con-coal present and future designs, and on this occasion one of the subjects of the conference was the monarchy—at least so the Chinese papers reported. What they decided to do about it has not transpired, but probably the old scheme of bringing the ex-emperor by hook or crook to Manchuria was again the' topic. Whether they would have to kidnap him from the capital or whether they could get him by negotiation the ground that being a Manchu he should be in Manchuria—docs not matter very much. The scheme is to have him at Mukden, and from there start the monarchical movement for the whole of China. Meanwhile the rest of the country watches Chang Tso-lin with interest and apprehension, not knowing where' his scheme stands.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.