CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1344, 23 January 1912, Page 5

CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

ABDICATION PROPOSAL. HIGH OFFICERS OBJECT. THREAT TO UNLOOSE TROOPS.... FOREIGNERS GREATLY ALARMED. By Telecrapli—l'ress Association— Copyright (Rec. January 22, 9.4.3 p.m.) Peking, .laminry 32. Dr. Sun Yot Sen lias fcelpgraplHMl to Yuan Skill Kai opposing the creation of a Provisional Government or tho inclusion of Vuan Shih Kai in Hie Republican Government until the Powers recognised tlio latter. Dr. tSuii Yat ten desires the Throno, when it abdicates, to transfer its authority to the Republican Government. Tieh Ling, late Tartar General at Nanking, is intriguing with tho Manchus for Ynan Shih Kaio downfall. Yuan Shih lCai is preparing for flight. Tho younger Manchu princes have been urged to tako drastic action against tho revolutionaries. Yuan Shih Kai regards the Manchu caso as lost, hut thinks, in view of tho revolutionaries' objection to a Provisional Government at Peking, it is advisable to establish a Government provisionally at Tientsin after abdication. thirty high officers of the Guards refuse to endorse the abdication policy, and threaten to unloose the troops in the event of abdication. Foreigners arc greatly alarmed, and the Americans are taking refuge in the Legation quarter. Rumours are current accusing the princes of conniving at tho recent attempt on Yuan Shih Kai. The Republicans have landed at several points on tho Shantung coast, A BATTLE PENDING. London, January 21. Advices from Kuldja state that two thousand Revolutionaries with three guns arc occupying the Tolkino Pass. A Chinese force at Urumtsi, 320 miles cast of Kuldja, is advancing against them. EXPEDITION TO MONGOLIA.' (Rec. January 22, 11.20 p.m.) St. Petersburg, January 22. The Russians have declined to allow China to entrain troops to Nthalier to oppose the Mongolians who have declared their independence. The troops have therefore undertaken a difficult march over the Khinkan Mountains.