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| rowid | 18531 |
|---|---|
| date | 1907-11-30 |
| page | 2-3 |
| column | d-a |
| title | |
| description | China news. Empress Dowager assigns different responsibilities to Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai, Lu Chuanlin, Shi Xu and Prince Qing. Chinese ambassador to France Liu Shixun reports his negotiation with French authority on the Yunnan railway. Chinese businessmen in Luzon (the Philippines) islands, Hong Kong and Singapore write to Beijing and request to set up parliament. Local governments are instructed to purchase land in order to settle Manchurian soldiers who would retire after political reform. Fujian people have a conference on the future of their province after the treaty between Japan, Russia and France. Shang Qiheng suggests to encourage newspaper publishing before taking his office of Fujian governorship. Shang Qiheng suggests to start constitutional reform and to respect civil rights. Gentry in Hankou Song Weichen and others are trying to set up a bank. Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai suggests to set up a special school to train imperial relatives on constitutional reform. Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong suggest to abolish the Board of Civil Service. Manchurian officials oppose the constitutional reform and withdrawal of Manchurian garrison from local China. Zhao Binglin makes thorough investigation on local affairs after taking his office of governorship in Hubei. Ji Yiyun is retained to work in the governor's office in Hankou. |
| source | China |
| page_url | http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801556 |
| trove_id | 26801556 |