Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-24
ABDIcATIOE IDEA ABANDONED
Princes Win Sink Differences and
Try to Raise Funds.
WILL AWAIT REvoLUTIoNIsTs
First Campaign Will Be Fought on
the Defensive.
MoEGOLIANs OFFER TO AID
Prince kuug Says He VIII Raise
Fifty Thousand Troops by SELL
ins Treasures in Palace
at Mukdcn.

PEKING. Jal 2s.-Premier Yuan sht
kai secretly visited the imperial palace
early this morning and concurred with
the empress dowager in favor Of a re-
sumption Of hostilItles. lie suggested
that the Msnehus sink their differences
whole-hesrtedly and provide the neces-
sary funds for the campaign. but advised
awaiting the advance Of the revolution
aries.
The empress dowsger. after care
fully Weighing the opinions expressed
by the princes OF the imperial clan
and leading Manchu officials during
yesterdays conference at tho palace. is
inclined to think that the resumption Of
hostIlities IS the only solution 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 Psking.
1t is understood that Premier Yuan shl
<al has agreed TO fight for the throne.
II is believed. however. that he viii
await an attack by the rebels.
Tho foreign legations. on the other
hand, consider that the sbdlcation Of the
throne has been deferred only for a
time.
Generai Via In Control.
LONDON. Jan. 2-The affairs of state
at Peking are now in the undisputed pos
session Of the Manchu reactionaries and
Yuan shi Ral has abandoned his task. ac-
coriing TO advices received by the Amer
lean consul at Tine Tsin. and reported
from that city today BY the correspond
snt OF the Exchange Telegraph company.
The dispatch addr:
The situation In PekIng has undergone
an extraordinary change. Tho Imperial
family has reversed It's policy and sban-
doned all thought OF abdication. Yuan
shi Kai has stepped aside and the whole
control Is I'd the hands OF General Yin
Tehang, who was credited q few days
ago with recommending general massacre
of the Chinese BIZ the Manrhus.
''Yin Tchang assumes an attitude OF
flrmness toward the revolutionary lead
ers and IL said 10 he preparing TO resume
hostlltlss. II Is reported that all nego-
tIstions which have been SONG on with
a view 10 abdication have been sum
marily broken off,
Mongolians WIN AID.
Prince Kung. the leader Of the Mon
goiisn antI.abdicationists, has offered TO
raise 5oooo troops to assist in keeping the
Manchu dynasty on the Chinese throne.
according to dispatch from Tien rhn.
The money to finance the campaign is to
be raised by selling the gold and silver
treasures In the Imperial palace at Muk-
den, which are valued at io,oco@ taels
approximately S.co.ocoD.
All Ia quiet In Pekins. according TO the
same dispatch. but fighting In tho city
and the surrounding districts is believed
10 be Inevitable shortly.
Report Confirmed I'm wsshinston'
WASHINGTON. Jan. es.--confirmatory
OF cable advlces the state department
today received report that at meet
ing Of the Msuchu princes in Peking last
night II was decided not to abdicate, but
IN leave the question Of form Of govern
ment TO a national convention properly
called"
The dispatch stated that there was
Sr ,at excitement among the natives cf
Peking,