The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-14
YUAN SH| kAIL LAST PROP OF MANCHUS REACHES PE.kING Accompanied by 20OO Troops He Is Given Hearty
 Reception WANT HIM TO ACCEPT THE PREMIERSHIP 
 Serious Complications Are in Store for China and Greater Suffer-
 ings Than She Has Yet
 Endured

Peking,s November 1s-Yuan shi Kai, last prop of the throne, has reached here at last
 He came accompanied by 2ooO troops. and was warmly greeted by the admins tration. In honor of his arrival an edict was issued appointing him commander of all the troops in the vicinity of the capi- tai.
 Great efforts are being made to induce him to accept the premiership, but he has given no definite answer as yet.
 The national assembly today discussed the immediate opening of parliament, but decided it would be inadvsable. The mat ter was referred to committee, which will consult with Yuan Shi Kai. The opin- ion is held at the legations that there are serious complications in store for China and greater sufferings than she has yet endured. The prospects for foreign intervention by other powers than Rus sa and Japan are beginning to be dis cussed. Winter is expected to terminate the mobile movements of troops, but there will be greater death rolls through fam inc, even in Chi Ii province.
 The people in the central section all ready are supplementing their food with the bark of trees. The government con- tinues to gather Manchu recruits at Pe- king but soon will be unable to pay them. It is not believed here that the Chinese cannot muster a large enough army in Peking to repel an attack but the gov ernment's inability to collect revenues from a single provincial capital is almost certain soon to bring about censure.
 Troops Join Rebels
 A report reaching here says 200O inn .perialists at HanlSow have joined the rebel ranks and that the remaining inn perial gunboats at that port have gone over to the rebels According to con- sular report the Hankow consuls. with one exception, at recent meeting agreed that it is impossible for the imperialists toscaptdre Han Yang or wus e.l.aIfg. They discussed the question of asking the gov ernment to withdraw the imperial troops to the north because when the commits sariat is empty they are likely to commit depredations and endanger foreign con sessions.
 Certain military attaches at Picking consider the imperial troops at Hankow will be lost to the government unless brought back immediately, but the gov ernment may prefer to leave all but the Manchus there, not undertaking the risk of transportating them back to the capi tal
 The November Boxer indemnity has not been paid and the December in demnity will be defaulted. Even should the government recover the five prov inces Immediately surrounding the cap ital the financial administration can not be reorganized before defaults of other debts beside the indemnities oc- cur and 1t is feared that intervention for the collection of pledged revenues cannot be averted.
 The American consul, Albert w Pom tius. informs the American legation at Picking that nearly a hundred foreign- CTS are making preparations to leave Chung King, his post, for Shanghai. or these one-third is Americans General Chao Erh Msun, the viceroy of Man churia elected president of the prov ince under the declaration of autonomy. has sent a message to the government that he was unable to oppose the Muk- den assembly's declarations which were that the revenues should be retained by the province which would have no connection with the Peling govern ment old or new; that the province will assist neither the Chinese nor the Manchu soldiers; that the government will afford the fullest protection to foreigners and the rebels to take over Chee Foo.
 General Chang Shao Tsen. command CT of the Ian Chau troops, has arrived at Tien Tsin with bodyguard of 30 men. He is lodging in the foreign con sessions.