Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19
 Of a Massacre
PEKJN IN FEAR OF A MANcHu
 UPRISING TODAY.
GUARD OF $500 FOR PREMIER
Yuan Being Regarded with Suspicion
 by Both ImperiaIs and RebeIs-Thres Eombthrowers Pay Death Penalty.

Peking, Jan. 1S.-The foreign lega- tions are preparing for trouble in Pea king tomorrow. The question of the abdication of the throne will be dis | cussed by the empress dowager and the princes, but it is not thought that Yuan Shi Kai will take part in the conference. A rising in the capital has been looked for many times in the past few months and precautions have been taken in anticipation of it. needlessly, however, and the outbreak may not occur tomorrow.
 Manchu Massacre Feared.
 But it has been long expected that | the Mancha irreconcilables would unite in a massacre when all hopes fol the administration had vanished. 4 | placard posted tonight indicates that the Manchu threats may be fulfilled. It calls upon all loyal Manchus and | Chinese to resist the publication of the | emperor to the death.
 Guard of $500 for Premier. i The street near the office of the Chi | nese board. at which Yuan Shi Kad re- i sides, is heavily guarded by the pre-. mier's own men, of whom 1t ts said | that there are 3.5O0.
 Suspicious of Yuan, | Many Chinese who have not yet de- serted the city are preparing. for flight tomorrow, and prominent supporters of Yuan Shi Kai are taking refuge out side their homes tonight, hoping that | in the event of a massacre they will not be found. The charges that Yuan l Shi Kai has been diSlOyal to the Man chus, although pretending to support
 them, are attracting the attention of foreigners, as well as the Manchus and Chinese. Some of the revohtionarica have long been saying that he waA working for the overthrow, not the salvation of the dynasty. But 1t has
 been thought that this charge was de-
 signed to discredit the premier with
 the Manchus. Others charge Yuan Shl
 Kai with working for his own interest
 and that he intends to become dicta-
 tor, if he did not assume the throne.
 Argument of Imperiaiists.
 The imperialists, who distrust him,
 point out that he has perSstently
 withdrawn his army, although the
 trained imperialist troops could easily
 disperse the untrained rebel Volun-
 teers. It is also said that the with
 drawal of the army from Nanking was by Yuan Shi Kai's orders. Even after ,l obtaining sufficient money from the
 empress dowager and the princes for months campaign and after a re- quest by the generals that they be ? permitted to fight, Premier Yuan con-
 tinues to withdraw his forces. Believed to Be After Dictatorship, The proposal which he is now malC- 2 ing to Wu Ting Fang, the republican minister of justice is thought to be , tantamount to a dictatorship. It iS
 understood that he offers a compro-
 mise of abdicatiOn if the government [ is left in his hands until a properly { elected national assembly shall dectAe 3 the form of government. Some of Yu- Q an Shi Kai's right hand men are Can tonese, and others southerners from
 the provinces which are recognized as
 rebel, and several of his immediRts supporters do not attempt to hide ] their anti-Manchu feelings.
 3 Anti -Abdieation Organizations. z Whether the suspicious against the premier are false or true they are g1v-
 en sufficient credence to cause the or
 ganization of anti -abdication bodies ! against which Yuan Shi Kai has been | compelled to take measures of de- fence, and it is authoritatively stated 5 that the dynamite bomb outrage , against his life was the work of q
 Manchu faction. So complex indeed
 is the situation that the foreign min isters no longer attempt to elucidNto it for their governments.
 V Bomb Throwers Lose Lives. % Pelzin, Jan. 1S.-The three men whl
 were arrested after they had thrown
 the bomb at the carriage of Premier S Yuan Shi Kai were strangled to death . today by the public executiOner. r The premier today attended the mS- - morial rites for the captain of hiI d escort who was killed by & splinter
 from the bomb.
 China Won't cede Monsolia. St. Petersburg, Jan. 1S.-The runaI z that China has offered to cede MonEo. if ba to Russia in return for loen sI ' 1e0, 0e0 900 taels is officially denied. n