. The fight for the republic in China. the facts. If the will of thepeople that the country should be the common property of theNation be obeyed and the idea of the President that a Dynastyis as cheap as a worn-out shoe is heeded, the latter has it in hispower to loosen the string that suspends the bell just as muchas the person who has hung it. If the wrong path is not for-saken, it is feared that as soon as the heart of the people isgone, the country will be broken to pieces and the dismember-ment of the Nation will take place when alien pressure isapplied to us. We who have hitherto receive


. The fight for the republic in China. the facts. If the will of thepeople that the country should be the common property of theNation be obeyed and the idea of the President that a Dynastyis as cheap as a worn-out shoe is heeded, the latter has it in hispower to loosen the string that suspends the bell just as muchas the person who has hung it. If the wrong path is not for-saken, it is feared that as soon as the heart of the people isgone, the country will be broken to pieces and the dismember-ment of the Nation will take place when alien pressure isapplied to us. We who have hitherto received favours fromthe President and have received high appointments from himhereby offer our faithful advice in the spirit of men who aresailing in common in a boat that is in danger; we speak as dothose who love sincerity and cherish the unbroken word. Wehope that the President will, with courage, refuse to listen tothe speech of evil counsellors and heed the voice of conscienceand of honour. We further hope that he will renew his prom-. Courtesy Miijor Isaac Newtll, IT. S. Military Attaelie The Yitnman Rebellion of 1915-16, Which Led to theDownfall of Yuan Shih-kai. A Big Junk LoadedWITH Supplies Passing Up the Rapids of the UpperYangtsze


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