The Archive · 1916

YUAN'S SUPPORTERS

Chinese papers state that in reply to the Government's inquiry as to whether peace and order can be preserved, or whether disturbances can be quelled at once and effectively after the Grand Ceremonial Occasion shall have taken place, more than ten Generals, headed by Lung Chi-kuang and Feng Kuo-chang, have replied stating that they will bear the fullest responsibility as regards the maintenance of the present conditions of their respective localities, and urging upon the Emperor to ascend the Throne immediately #0 quiet the minds of the peo-Proclamations signed by Chen Chen-ming, ex-Tatuh of Canton, and other noted revolutionaries, have appeared in the Chinese Press. The gist of these proclamations is that the revolutionaries have returned to China to save the people from oppression and to rid the nation of the tyrant and traitor. The rest may be guessed.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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