We have received for publication a copy of the telegram which has just been despatched to the Foreign Ministers in Peking and which was signed by 37 members now in Shanghai of the National Assembly, representing seventeen provinces of China and the oversea Chinese emigrants.
To Their Excellencies the Ministers of the Friendly Nations at Peking Ex lent Yuan Shih-kai, by proclaiming himself emperor, violate ed his oath of office, and rendered himeelf guilty of high treason. He can, therefore, no longer be con-lered the chief executive, but is indeed the common enemy of the people. For this reason, as long as Yuan Shih-kai remains in power, the country will be in a state of civil commotion, and the hope of the friendly nations to see peace and order reign in this land will never be realized.
Finding himself in a helpless condition, he has ordered the can-
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