The Fight for the Republic in China

The Fight for the Republic in China is by B. L. Putnam Weale, author of Indiscreet Letters from Peking, and comes with 28 illustrations. The preface says the volume tells everything that the student or the casual reader needs to know about the Chinese Question. The preface adds that the volume is sufficiently exhaustive to show very clearly the new forces at work, and sufficiently condensed not to overwhelm the reader.

The text says that during the Revolution the one decisive factor was shown to be almost at once money, nothing but money. The text lists provincial remittances ceasing, the Boxer quotas remaining unpaid and a foreign embargo laid upon the Customs funds. To explain what had occurred in Yunnan, the text goes back to tell the story of a remarkable young Chinese, General Tsao-ao, the soul of the new revolt. A set of articles says a Magistrate shall be appointed for each hsien district to enforce administrative measures, directly by the Shenchang, for a term of office of three years.