Dr. Sun's Declaration of War on Chihli Peking, Oct. 10.
The. streets were illuminated last night and. beflagged and heavily guarded this morning in anticipation of the arrival of the new President from Paotingfu for the inauguration ceremony. Extra troops were brought in yesterday from Paotingfu.
Marshal Tsao. Kun arrived at seven o'clock this morning and proceeded to the Presidential Palace where the inaugural ceremony was held at nine o'clock. He left for the Parliament ai10, where he took part in the promulgation of the Constitution, afterwards taking the Presidential cath.—Keuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.