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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 1914.

WILL IT BECOME INDEPENDENT

TERRITORY!

A correspondent writes to the Rangoon Gazette from Peking as follow:-

In reading the history of Chine it is found again and again how a brigand develops into a soldier, and a soldier into a statesman. When the Manchus came to Pcking in 1844 it was as a result of a somewhat similar state of affairs as exists in Central China to-day; in fact, if Li had come back to life again, Tei-cc imagine history repeating itself; to-day, Instead of Li Tsi-cheng, however, tacco is the dreaded White Wolf an insignificant rebel ut first who

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and burned a few places in Hosan, but who would soon be brought to book--so the mandates of Yuan Shih-kai told us.

But to-day "White Wolf" is a power in the land. He has pursued his triumphant

through Honan, Anhwei, Hupeh and Shensi, and is now reported to be entering Szechwan: This last nows is the worst yet recorded con- cerning him, for it opens out possibilities

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endless trouble in the west of China, and may be indeed the thin end of the

wedge for the disintegration of the whole

country. Granted that White Wolf and his largely increased force get into Szechwan and pursue the same tactics that they have adopted in the provinces above mentioned, it is quite within the range of possibility that he could within a short time set up an independent kingdom in that province. To subjugate Yunnan with all the seething discontent and hatred of the Chinese by the various tribes in that province would be an easy matter. It is not unlikely that, with Szechwan under his control,

White Wolf would then try his hand at bring ing Eastern Tibet under his rule, and anyone who knows this region and the territorial problems constantly facing the authorities can imagine a condition of affairs that night lead to very serious complications in which Great Britain would-doubtless be involved. During the. whole of the time that the Central Govern- meat has been more or less energetically to effect his capture, endeavouring

White Wolf" has shown himself to be He has con- stantly deceived the Government and ⚫veu ut a time when forty thousand troops had formed a cordon around him, so thorough was his knowledge of the country that he duped them all, and as a result is now reported to have turned his attentions to the west of China. And there can be no doubt that this arch- brigand knows very well that if once he Can establish himself in Szechwan and Yunnan, the Peking Government will be Neither the belpless against him.

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Szechwan troops at Chengtu nor the Yunnanfu army would prove loyal to the central authority-if indeed there be one and, in accordance with historic usage, would probably join the White Wolf in a scheme of pillaging and losing. As bus been seen in the central provinces, it is most likely that the Western China

would soldier also, with his inherent dislike towards the Peking Government, be only too willing to join with White Wolf

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bringing in a modern Utopia, and intend to do great things when their plans have

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| F. Lieb, Esq. come upon the country, and the man who S. H. Dodwell, Esq.

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White Wolf knows, he made known as to why Yuan Shih-kai has in China unless he has the men to help therefore that can depend upon this common, desire to not, in short, made a success of his pre-him and to carry out his plans in con- and one does not know what a day might C. Landgraf, Esq.

But it bring forth. India may be in a state of

CHIZI MANAGER: strike against Chinese rule, and it will sidency, there is this one fact staring the structive work in the country.

Hongkong-N. J. Szabo, be interesting to see what the next fow Powers in the face: China has made no is the men that he lacks. In Feking there unrest, but she is infinitely better off than progress, and the situation in interior is endless talk of paper schemes for the China. In India there is British rule. weeks will bring forth.

"White Wolf " So serious has the

provinces is fast assuming proportions reconstruction of every department in In China there is no rule at all, unless campaign become that ii feared it will that will mean anarchy if not soon the State, for complete reform of the it be that every man is a law unto himself, one Some suggest that the only solution to affair checked. Life in Peking, honeycombed currency for a thousand-end. as ami-foreign 0. 104A, THE PRAX, FURNISHED.

develop into Already the banner of the rebels is by seeming universal consent with endless absurdities and inanities, and everyone the great problem of China is the forma Apply to--

Death to the foreigner and destruction official corruption, is to-day as much of seems to imagine that China will be saved tion of an S.J. DAVID & Co,

It appears that Peking a maze as ever. When Yuan Shih-kai by talk Nobody does anything Should Control, a board forined from among of his property, Prince's Buildings. Hongkong, 7th February, 1914

is helpless against him. It has tried to came to the Presidency the world pimed anyone become prominent enough to Powers, which shall dictate the policy of [964

capture him, and has failed, when all its hopes in his known ability and his stand in the way of anyone else, he is the government of the country, the trouble might have been. sverted, early essential soundness in any administration poisoned or got rid of in some equally need be, see that it is carried out. Those in the campaign, if Yuan Shih-kai had that he undertook. He was the one man certain a manner. Intrigue and corrup- who suggest such a thing see none of the had men upon whom he could rely. But admittedly able to save his country, and tion are, as rife as ever in all oficial fearful complications that would

There are plots against the doubtedly follow were such a affairs at Peking dragon in the same it has been admitted by admirers and circles.

the wrong and produce a constitution The old revolutionary party-Sun Yat nothing to do but to let China alone Shih-kai daily loses prestige,

We know that in their present imperfect suited to the peculiar needs of the sen, Hu Hai ming and that ilk-who had Let her fight out her own baitles, and in evohition Chinese political Chiness people, nobody could. And this to flee the country to keep their heads on course of time we shall probably see a state of parties are to the foreigner largely is generally granted to-day, although their shoulders, are now in Japan plot more or less settled condition come again. show inting the overthrow of Yuan Shih-kai and But there are no signs as yet, and one They have always Yuan Shih-kai has little to incomprehensible.

everybody else who interferes with their fears for the immediate future. But, when you have advanced-satisfactory results been so. every excuse for what has happened in

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