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Show TnAAno ran is MtUllO I Ui I A REPUBLIC I iti Chinese Soldiers Have fij Served Notice on jR Peking. Ijj PEKING, Jan. 3. The Imperial jfi government troops, stationed at Chin K "Wang Tao, the treaty port on the Guir hT of Liao Tang, who number about 4 - wf" 000, liave notified tho foreign lega- ji tions In Peking that they desire the formation of a republic. Thev are M acting In co-operation with the im- &E perlal government troops stationed at JB Lanchow, who wero yesterday report- ' V ed to havo declared in favor of a re- B public and to have elected AVang WIe E Tzo their leader, at the same time declaring their intention of marching ! on Peking. J - In government circles the incident 5 is not considered likely to affect the I V progress of tho negotiations between j 2 the imperial government and the reb- 1 els I Outside of Peking, Lanchow and J Chlng "Wang Tao are the two prlncl- I g pal military centers. The Imperial I jl troops stationed thero arc divided In- j 2 to two categories. Manchu and Oil- i J2 neso, and it Is only the Chinese sol- if f? diers who have become rebellious. jj ml Their action in declaring for a re- S R public, however, has caused consld- 1 Ji erablc anxiety to ho court, as it was 3 k thought that tho Chinese troops also tffc would remain loyal. Tho complica- ; ii tions brought about by their mutiny ' M are the moro disturbing to tho court M because the empress dowager, In ' Jm handing over $2,000,000 from her prl- IS vate treasury to Premier Yuan Shi Jg Kal, rolled on theso troops lo march. iTi5 togcthor with tho Manchus, against iSs? tho revolutionaries In tho south and 3J to crush the rebellion. . B Tho position is now that tho pre- S. E mler. Yuan Shi Kal, a Chinese, and if fj tho Manchu commanders with Man- M r & chu troops, aro supporting the court ' S and tho Manchu princes against train- a: S cd Chinese troops In tho north, and ., i S1 republicans aro elated bv their sue- ,: SS cessos in tho south. ' ' lJI |