The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-18
BUY CHINIIA'S CHINA 5
 TREASURES
AMERICANS BID FOR JEWELS AND vALuA5LEs OF PALACES AT
 PEklNG AND MUkDEN.
Members of Cabinet Will Be Called in Consultation at Next Meeting of the Imperial Clan of Chi
 nese Empire.

Picking, Jan. 17.--At it's next gath gathering the conference of princes of the Imperial clan and the dowager empress will call into consultation members of the cabinet.
 Many of the treasures of the pe- king and Mukden ralaces, worth mil iicaa of dollars, are being offered for sale A number of American and Flu ropean agents are here negotiating for their acquisition. The minor pal aces and also the Forbidden City are being depleted in similar way and art works from their collections are being disposed of.
 Nlukden was the former Manchn capital and the palace there is a nut scum full of historic and sentimental relics with intrinsic value of many millions of dollars.
 Many arrests have been made today of persons suspected Of complicity in the attempted assassination of the premier, Yuan ishi Kai This has caus- ed the foreign office. in which the of ficials are generally queueless, to protest to Premier Yuan Shi Kai, who has ordered discrimination to be used in making these arrests.
 One officer and another solder have died from wounds sustained when the bomb was thrown at Yuan this week, and six other soldiers are in a dangerous condition.
 The chamber of commerce al Shanghai has appealed to the ex-re gent, Prince Ching, and to Yuan Shl Kai to induce the court to devise speedy measures of conclliation whlch will satisfy the bulk of the nation and restore peace and order pending the decision of the assembly to be convened on the queue question of the future government of China. The ap- peal points out that the authority of the Ia Ching dynasty has ceased throughout the whole of the south ern. central and western provinces ern, central and western provinces ation of the struggle will involve the ruin of Chinese and foreign merchants and jeopardize the lives and property of peaceful foreign merchants and Chi. nese residents. It further advocates remuneration of autocratic power and the establishment of a provisional a9- ministration
 A relief expedition headed by Cap tain Sowerby, memOer of the Brit ish Teague of Frontiersmen, has re- turned to Picking. The members found the provinces of Shen Si, Shsn Si and Ffo Nan in state or anarchy Out laws and revolutionaries, they declare are indistinguishable while the Inn perialists are equally lawless
 In some districts, they say. few women survive. while the towns and | villages are deserted and the people are hiding in caves and in the noun ta'ns.
 At Sian horrible murders were com mitted. A mob surrounded the school established by the Scandinavian mis- sionary. R. Beckman. who was severe ly injured but escaped later to Hf y injured but escaped later to Han kow. His wife was killed The school was fired on three sides and the mob butchered the fleeing children with axes and spears. The city gates were closed for four days, while the mobs murdered 10000 Manchus.
 Members of the expedition believe the foreign governments should order all foreigners to leave the interior as some Of the missionaries refuse to leave their posts without official or ders.