. The fight for the republic in China. The Late President Yuan Shih-kai REPUBLIC IN CHINA 33 of the Revolution—devoted feimself sedulously to the de-velopment of the large estate he had acquired with thefruits of office. Living like a patriarch of old, sur-rounded by his many wives and children, he announcedconstantly that he had entirely dropped out of the politi-cal life of China and only desired to be left in is reason to believe, however, that his henchmencontinually reported to him the true state of affairs andbade him bide his time. Certain it is that the firing ofthe first s
. The fight for the republic in China. The Late President Yuan Shih-kai REPUBLIC IN CHINA 33 of the Revolution—devoted feimself sedulously to the de-velopment of the large estate he had acquired with thefruits of office. Living like a patriarch of old, sur-rounded by his many wives and children, he announcedconstantly that he had entirely dropped out of the politi-cal life of China and only desired to be left in is reason to believe, however, that his henchmencontinually reported to him the true state of affairs andbade him bide his time. Certain it is that the firing ofthe first shots on the Yangtsze found him alert andissuing private orders to his followers. It was inevit-able that he should have been recalled to office—andactually within one hundred hours of the first news ofthe_outbreak the Court sent for him urgently and un-graciouslj^ From the 14th October, 1911, when he was appointedby Imperial Edict Viceroy of Hupeh and Hunan andordered to proceed at once to the front to quell the insur-rection, unt
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