before Chang Hsun's monarchical same conditions prevaili, Peking, Apr. 18.
restoration in 1917 now obtain in Peking. The Government, as a government is practically non-existent. It has not only absolutely lost contro] over the provinces, but; also proved itself incapable of, maintaining discipline in the various executive departments. Of! the 10 Ministries, the staffs of at! Jeast five are actually on strike or on the point of striking for want of pay, and the rest are performing their duties only perfunctorily. The President finds his position so beset; with difficulties that he dares not whisper a single word regarding the movements of troops by the Fengtien and Chihli leaders. As Li Yuan-hung quietly resigned himself to Fate, so Hsu Shih-chang is his former friends. At the same giving himself up to the charity of time, Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu are nearing each other on the war path.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.