CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1346, 25 January 1912, Page 5

CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

POSITION SERIOUS. YUAN-SHIH-KAI IN DANGER. HIS INFLUENCE TOO GREAT. TROOPS OUT OF CONTROL. LEGATIONS ANXIOUS. Bl TelterapU-FrMi Amclatloa-Conyxlctil (Eec. January 24, 9.40 p.m.) London, January 24. "The Times" Peking correspondent reports that under the influence of Tieh Liang, the Boxer leader of 1900, tho Manchu opposition to Yuan-Shih-Kai is increasing. Yuan declares the position to be untenable, and threatens .to resign when Tieh Liang becomes the Manchu generalissimo. The Legations view the situation with aniiety. Yuan has received a conciliatory telegTam from Wu Tang Fang, removing the impression created by Sun Yat Sen's repudiation of pledges. Reuter has reported that Ynan-Sbih-Kai has concurred in the Dowager's desire to resume hostilities. Tieh Liang advocates killing Yuan-Shih-Kai on the ground that his influence is too great to allow him to leave Peking. Extreme military precautions are being taken to protect Yuan. Shanghai reports that the conditions at Nanking are unsatisfactory. Officers are losing control of the troops, robberies are frequent, and Sun Yat Sen's followers are squabbling.

SUN YAT SEN'S MESSAGE. NEUTRALISING ITS EFFECT. Shanghai, January 23. Republican and Peace representatives aro now attempting to neutralise the effect of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's message to General Yuan-Shih-Kai, and opposing the creation of a provisional Government or rhe inclusion of Yuan-Shih-Kni in the ■Republican Government until the Powers have recognised the latter. The best, men consider it a breach of faith in view of the previous promising outlook. UPHOLDING THE THRONE. Peking, January 23. Prince Rung, leader of the Mongol movement against Genera! Yuan-Shih-Kai, has promised fifty thousand troops to assist , in maintaining the Throne. The pay of the troops will b« raised by selling the gold treasure at Mukden. The Palace at Peking is excited. The confidence of the Chinese in Yuan-Shih-Kai was displayed in a remarkable manner on his arrival in Peking in November Inst. A correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian," writing from the Chinese capital on November 27. said: — "Tho change, which has come over Peking since Ihe I,lth, when late in the nfternoon Yuan-Shih-Kai arrived, is one of the most extraordinary things that any European has ever scon in China, A fortnight ago it would have been difficult to find a more panic-stricken cityj to-day, though fear of what any hour may bring forth still keeps the Wngons-Lits Hotel crowded to overflowing with Chincso of high rank and posilion, and drives those who have b?on unable to find accommodation to ink, in some oases actually to pay, foreigners to live, with them and hoist their nnfjoual flogs above their houses, tho place has resumed its normal appearance and to a great extent recovered its self-possession. Until Yunn's train actually steamed into the station, and the Eveat man himself was seen advancing ulong the platform surrounded by his iKxlyjjnard, everybody expected that first Tientsin and then Peking would go over to tho Revolutionaries."