The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
EXPECT 4 MASSACRE IN FORBIDDEN CITY
 TODAY BY MANCHUS
All the Foreign Legations Are Preparing for
 Trouble
YUAN REFUSES TO
 ATTEND CONFERENCE
Distrust of Premier Growing Among Manchus-His Home Is Heavily Guarded-Expeet American
 Troops Today

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 | Peking, January iS-The foreign 1ega- tons are preparing for trouble in Peking | tomorrow. The question of the abdicatlou of the throne will he discussed by tho Empress Dowaeer and the princes, but it is not thought that Premier Yuan shl Kal will take part in the conference. A rising in the capital has been looked for many times in the last few months, and precautions have been taken in antiei- peton of itancedlessly. however. and the outbreak may not occur tomorrow.
 But it has been long expected that Man ehu irreeoneilables would unite in a mas sacre when all hope for the administra- ton had vanished A placard posted to- night indicated that the Manchu threats may be fulfilled. It calls upon all loyal Manchns and Chinese to resist the abdiea- ton of the Emperor to the death.
 Yuan Guarded
 The street near the office of the Chl-
 nese foreign board at which Yuan shi
 kai resilcs is heavily guarded by the
 premler's own men, of whom 1t Is said
 there s5oo. Many Chinese who have noi yet deserted the city are preparing
 for flight tomorrow and prominent follow CTS of Yuan are taking refuge outside
 tleir own homes tonight hoping that In
 the event Of a massacre they will not be found
 Charges that Yuan shi l<al has been dlsloyal to the Manchus, although pre-
 tending 10 support them. are attracting fh. atf
 Manchus and Chinese Some of the rev outionaries have long been saying he was working for the overthrow and not tho salvation of the dynasty. But it has been thought this charge was designed to dls- credit the premier with the Manchus. Others accuse Yuan of working for his own interests and say he intended to be- come dictator if he did not assume tho throne.
 The imperlnlists v''ia aistrRst hin point hssfG That ie tas persRtsnts .wHhdfaun
 his arny,s although the trained imperial l ist troops could easily disperse tho un- uained rebel volunteers. It is also sad
 that the withdrawal of the army from Ranking was a Yuan Sid Kars orders.
 Yuan's Suspicious Actions Even after obtaining sufficient money 1 from the Empress Dowager for months campaign and after a request of the gen 1 erals that they be permitted to fight l Premier Yuan continued to withdraw hts | forces. The proposition which he is nov making to Wu Ting Fang, the republican, minister of justice, is thought to be para mount to a-@ctatorship It is understood l that he offers Il compromise of abdcation l fI... 1aFt Ia It,sX 1 until a properly elected national assembly shall decide the form Of government l Some of Yuans right hand men are Can- | tonez and other southerners from prov inces which are recognized us rebel and several of his immediate supporters do not attempt to hide their ant-Manciiu | feelings
 | Whether the suspicious against the pre- mer are false or true they are given sui | 1cient credence to cause the organization of standardization bodies against which l Yuan Shi Kai has been compelled to take measures of defense and 1t is stated that the dynamite bomb outrage against his l life was the work of Manchu faction Situation Complex l So complex Is the situation that the ior- eign ministers no longer attempt to euci- | date it for their governments. The three men who were arrested after 
 Premier Yuan Shi Kai were put to death | today by strangling. The premier has | been granted three days leave, ostensibly | on account of indsposition arising from the excitement caused by the attempts on his life It is thought the real reason ! is that he does not desire to attend the conference of the Empress Dowager ani 1 the princes of the imperial clan on the | question of the abdication of the throne called for the imperial palace tomorrow | Seven of the Mongolan princes persist 1 in opposing abdicatior.
 | The foreign legations were informed | that the premier has refused to visit the ! palace tomorrow. when the question of | the abdcation of the throne will again be discussed by the Empress Dowager and the princes of the imperial clan. It Is stated authoritatively that the dynamite outrage against the life of Yuan Shi kai seems to have been the work of d Manchu 1 faction.
 American, Troops Today The United States troops from Manila are expected to arrive on board the trans port Logan at Chin Wang Tato tomorrow morning Capt. J. II. Reeves military att l taehee of the United states legation. | has gone to Chin Wang Tao to meet them and will accompany the main body | of the Fifteenth infantry and other de- tails of Tien Tsin, where large ware- house has been rented for quarters. A detachment of 160 men will proceed directly from Chin Wang Tao to act as ! guards along the American section Of the Peking railroad from Tang Shan to 1 I.anchou, which hitherto have been pa troled by British troops.
 Shanghai, January is.-Four transports | conveying 4000 republican troops, chiefly 1 infantry and artillery, sailed today from | Woo Sung for Chi Flu. Several other transports are lying at Woo Sung pre- | pared to depart for the same destina- ton with further attachments. This Is the beginning of the plan of campaign drawn up by the republican commanders for an advance on Picking. The plan as arranged is that five columns shall ad- vance simultaneously from Chi Flu through shan Tung, Ho Nan. Hu Poh and Shan Si. all eonverging on the cap- | tal
 San Francisco. Cal. Janiary iS.-Pu Vi. baby emperor of China. probably will abdicate the throne, but will not be taken | from Picking. according to cable advices received by the Chinese Free Press here l today.
 | J. C. ogden, a Christian church mis- ! sionarv of Los Angeles. arrived here to-