The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-08
WILL CONTINUE ID
 GUARD RAILWAY Legations Not Pleased at the
 Chinese Situation MANCHUS MAY RISE Fighting Is Still Going on and Numer- ous Incidents Show ReactiOnary Feeling-President Yuan to
 Remain in Picking
MAY RISE

Peking March 7-The diplomatic repre- sentatives of the powers held a conference today and decided to continue the guards along the railway to Chin Wang Tao. in spite of the fact that the river is now open from Tien Tsin to the sea. Addi- tional soldiers will be necessary as the effect of the present guard is only moral. Major Arrasmith, In command of the American troops from Manila, has only 4Q men left at Tien Tsin and is anxious for at least 200 of his troops now at Picking to return.
 Minister Calhoun hopes to get detach- ment of 100 or 200 marines from the cruiser Cincinnati and it would then be possible for the infantrymen to proceed to Tien Tsin.
 Manchus May Break Out
 The possibility is widely discussed of the Manchus taking over the city and proclaiming monarchy again. Chinese papers make this suggestion, but as no Manchu leader has been forthcoming in the last three months, 1t seems hardly pos sible that One could be found now. Should a dictator arise he would find the nucleus of an army in the 20,000 or 30,O0O Manchu troops who are now the most concre,e force remaining in the northern provinces
 In Shen Si, General Sheng Yun, gover- nor of the province, whose family was slaughtered earlier in the rebellion. is still fighting in the Emperors name. Tt is re- ported that General Sheng Yun has 2o.o0o followers He controls the situation In a large part of Shen Si and Shan Si
 Reactionary Feeling
 The killing of many whose queues had been cut off; an attack on the Ranking delegates at these outbreaks; the deser- ton of Yuan shi Kai by his soldiers all indicate the reactonary feeling. Further more, the republican flags, which for a time decorated every house in Peking by order of the police, are now displayed only on government buildings although the dragon flags have not reappeared.
 Consular reports say that Chao Erh Hsun, viceroy of Manchuria, whose broth CT, Gen. Chao Erh Feng, was killed by republicans in Szechuen province does not favor a republic, and hoisted the five striped flag reluctantly. According to some views the republic does not seem so near.
 Yuan Without Troops
 It is reported that Yuan Shi kai has only 1500 soldiers that he can count upon as loyal The work of barrcading the streets about the foreign office. where the President-elect is still residing, was begun, but later the barricades were. de- molished Nevertheless sandbags are kept In readiness for defense purposes
 Reports from Pao Ting Flu say that ad- dttinpal fOrpipn nrOnartN has been de- stroyed in towns to the south.
 meeting of the foreign ministers today decided to protest to President-elect Yuan Sh Kai against the presence of Chinese troops within the seven mile limits of the Tien Tsln concessions.
 No anti-foreign feeling has been dis played during the outbreaks, the soldiers evidently dreading foreign reprisals.
 Situation Is Grave
 Should attacks on foreigners be made and be allowed to go unpunished in a few instances wave of anti-foreign feeling might be created which the pow CTS are not now prepared to combat. There Is not force in China able to punish the mutinous soldiers whom the Chinese government forgives, cajoling the army into a semblance of discipline which de- eeives nobody.
 In case of emergency Japanese assist ance is the hope of foreigners, but Jap anese are hampered by unjust criticism and misunderstanding and are not mak- ing any provision for such an eventuality.
 There are now about 3000 foreign sol diers in Picking and at Ten Tsin another 270O. whereas there are 100000 well armed Chinese troops in northern China who might attack isolated foreigners and en- danger the ports.
 At all the foreign legations 1t is be- lieved that a powerful demonstration might possibly preeiptate anti-foreignism butt the transformations bringing in of a few thousand of foreign troops to Tien Tsn, Wei Tai Wei and Tsinglau might pass unnoticed while 1t would be easy for Japan to place 20,000 troops in the Liao Ting peninsula and keep warships ready for their rapid transport to Ching Tao Wac