rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
25523,1912-01-06,2,c-d,Main news,"Vice minister for finance fled Beijing. Yuan Shikai's relatives moved out of Beijing. Foreign Affairs Department tells all foreign consulates to China Shangdong is not to be independent and asks government a large amount of money for its normal business.  People against government borrowing another 30 million foreign loans. State gold sold for giving government staff salaries. Government in fear as Financial Department finds state revenue depoist less than one million. Yuan Shikai urges borrowing more foreign loans for army expenses but lenders insist Yuan's proposal be approved by State Council, of which most members actually against it. Man officials change their surnames to Han's. A person donates for protecting Nanjing from revolutionary attack. An aristocrat suggests donations for government army. Many aristocrats suggest to ask Japan for help as government northern army can't defeat revolutionaries. Wang Shizhen recruits new soldiers for Yuan Shikai in Henan. No news for the navy about coming of a warship team. Yuan Shikai anxious about foreign countries' opposition to his plan of more foreign loans. Government sends troops to Henan for help. Yuan Shikai sends more spies to each province. Foreign embassies in Beijing decide to have their troops there to protect them. Foreign embassies ask their consulates to move to costal cities in case of being robbed due to famines inland. Zhao Erxi rejects to send his troops to Beijing. Government office moved to Yuan Shikai's house. General of northern army in Wuhan is replaced for his illness. Russian ambassador is to return to Russia. Zhang Qian doesn't want take the position Minister for Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and Yan Xiu dosen't want to take the position Minister for Finance. Message from Rehe, Hebei about horse gangsters' robbery of officals there and ask for government troops to control the situation. ",Other...,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24092059,24092059
25593,1912-01-20,2,a-b,Main news,Yuan Shikai still tries to convince foreign nations by taking Beijing-Wuhan Railway as mortgage for their loans and allowing foreigners to monitor China's finance. No money left in national depoist. Many senior officials in Beijing cut their pigtails. Sichuan government is ill. Ambassador to Britain summoned back to Beijing for important affairs. Many revoultionaries are arrested in Beijing and Tianjin recently. Bomb found in Beijing. Yunnan governor fled to Hong Kong. Zhejiang governor agrees not to resign. Zhejiang temporary parliament established. Huang Xin asks to pass on his message to Yuan Shikai who is welcome to have a key position in the republic if he is against Qing government. Yuan worries about foreign nations' attitude. Qing government's contract with France for their loans invalid. Yuan Shikai asks China's diplomats to help him to get foreign loans. Beijing in financial crisis. No salary for government staff this month. ,Other...,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24092075,24092075
25672,1912-02-03,2,b,Main news,Peace negotiation between government and the revolutionaries in  Shanghai failed to reach an agreement  on constitutional monarchy or republic system for future China. Shanghai military government rejected peace treaty and sent expedition troops northward. Yuan Shikai proposes the offspring of Confucius as future monarch for China. Zhao Ruisheng was arrested in Shanghai for conspiracy supporting Qing government. Tang Shaoyi and others left Shanghai for refusing to involve with peace negotiation. Yuan Shikai refused Qing royal family members' request to check peace negotiation provisions.  Su Lang was arrested on crime of assassinating Yuan Shikai. Tang Baoe was arrested in Shanghai for trying to make foreign loans. Huang Xing arrested Xian Ao for his crime of opposing the republic. Lan Tianwei attempted to commit suicide for unknown reason.  Yuan Shikai replied to Wu Tingfeng that the requests of the revolutionary army had to go through the cabinet conference. Zhu Fuhu is elected as governor of Shangxi and Henan by the revolutionary army and people. Yao Xiguang's troop was defeated and Qi Yaoling was killed.,China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24092091,24092091
25700,1912-02-10,2,b-c,Main news,"Two Japanese invited to China for assisting republic government. Richest Manchu aristocrats secretly assist assassins. Emperor's wife does not allow to use widow of former emperor's leftover property. Zhang Xun comes to Beijing to ask Yuan Shikai for more ammunition. Representatives of 17 provinces vote for president in Nanjing, Sun Wen elected contemporary president. Beijing government is to pay its staff salary in October. Empress dowager cries over the end of the Qing government. Agreement of the republic-Qing peace negotiation to have national congress voting for political system. People's Association telegram to Yuan Shikai about how to have national congress and recommend congress venue in Shanghai. Sun Wen takes president on 13th. Prince Zan Xun finances someone to assassin Wu Tingfang and other prominent republic figures.  People in Jiangning, Nanjing all cut pigtails. Ceremony held for newly-elected president in Nanjing. Sun Wen vows to overthrow Qing government, crack down riots and establish republic. He is said to resign presidency after republic established. State Advisory Committee argues national congress to be held in Beijing and summon Tang Shaoyi, representative of Qing government's peace negotiator with republic back to Beijing. Zhang Mingqi in Japan asks Ying Chunxuan to Japan to discuss state affairs.   Huang Xing, formerly asked to be vice president is to be army chief, in charge of army training. Each province appoints representatives of contemporary government to vote for Song Jiaoren as premier. President Sun Wen issues his policy. Provincial representatives vote for Li Yuanhong as vice president. Representative Congress changed to Upper House. Each provincial representative calls its member of upper house to come to Nanjing. ",Other...,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24092099,24092099