Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-23
Chinese Dowager Empress
Refuses to Give Up Throne.
ENTIRE CHANGE IN POLICY
Manchu Reactionaries Now in Com.
plete Control at Peking.
GENERAL YIN TCHANG LEADS
Premier Yuan Shi Kai Steps Aside
for Man Who Favors
Fighting.

PEKING, China, January 23.-"The
empress dowager, after carefully weigh
ing the opinions expressed by the princes
of the imperial clan and leading Manchu
officials during yesterdays conference at
the palace. is inclined to think that the
resumption Of hostilities is the only solu-
ton of the present situation
This statement was made today in the
North China Daily News, which always
is regarded as an organ of the foreign
board in Peking.
1t is understood that Premier Yuan Shi
Kai has agreed to fight for the throne.
1t is believed. however, that he will await
an attack by the rebels.
The foreign legations, on the other
hand, consider that the abdication of the
throne has been deferred only for a time
Reactionaries in Control.
LONDON. January 23.-The affairs of
state at Peking are now in the undis-
puted possession Of the Manchu reac-
tionaries, and Yuan Shi Kai has aban-
ceived by the American consul at Tientsin
and reported from that city today by the
correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph
''The situation in Peking has undergone
an extraordinary change. The imperial
family has reversed its policy and aban-
doned all thought of abdication. Yuan Shi
Kai has stepped aside and the whole con-
troll is in the hands of Gen. Yin Tchang,
who was credited a few days ago with
recommending general massacre Of the
Chinese by the Manchus.
YIN Tcnang assumes an attitude of
flrmness toward the revolutionary lead
ers and is said to be preparing to re-
sumo hostilities. 1t Is reported that all
negotiations which hav4 been going on
with a view to abdication have been sum-
marily broken off.
Prince Kung to Raise Army.
Prince Kung. the leader of the Mongo-
lian anti-abdicationists, has offered to
raise $1,000 troops to assist in keeping
the Manchu dynasty on the Chinese
throne. according to q dispatch from
Tientsin. The money to finance the cam
paign is to be raised by selling the gold
and silver treasures in the imperial pal
ace at Mukden, which are valued at
1O.OOO.OOO taels approximately $7.OOO,OOO).
All is quiet in Peking at present, ac-
cording to the same dispatch. but fight
ing in the city and the surrounding dis
tricts is believed to be inevitable shortly.
Rifle Thieves Executed.
AMOY. China, January 23.-The contin-
uOus thefts Of rifles from the stores of
the revolutionaries have put the au-
thorities on the alert and several SOL
diers who were detected in the act of
stealing firearms and afterward selling
them were arrested yesterday and imme-
diately executed.
band of armed robbers today raided
the residence Of the superintendent of
the French Gable Company on the Island
of Kulang.
Dispatches from Peking confirm the
recent press reports that the princes at
their meeting last evening decided not to
abdicate, but to leave the question of
form of government to a national con-
vention, properly called. 1t is not stated
whether negotiations with the south will
be continued.
A tendency toward a reactionary move
ment is reported to be manifesting itself,
and Prince Ching, the ex-premier, has
been denounced for favoring abdication.
Minister Calhoun says the prospect of
an agreement between the revolutIonists
and the imperialists is growing less, and
that excitement prevails among the ma
tives Of Peking.