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Show Yuan Increases HIb Body Guard. PEKING, Jan. 23. The advice of Yuan Shi Kal to await an attack by the rebels is distasteful to tho hunger hung-er princes, whose talk of war Is alarming Poking. It Ib reported that Tleh-Liang, former for-mer Tartar general of Nanking, who Is largely rcsponslblo for the icactlou, advocates Wiling Yuan Shi Kal, whoso Influence Is so great, ho thinks, that ho should not bo permitted to leave tho capital. Yuan evidently foresees the possibility of an attack upon him and is adopting extreme precautions Another thousand Chlneso troops of tho imperial army from Pao Ling Fu arrived here tonight, making YU-an's YU-an's force of Chlneso 1.000 Against these are 12,000 Manchu troops of tho Imperial army, who, it is suspected, aro being incltod against Yuan. It is difficult to believo, howovor, that even the moro hot-hoaded 'princes sasulnatlon, which, assuredly, would entail the extinction of tho clans, as tho majority of tho northern troops aro loyal only to Yuan. Yuan authorized author-ized today tho following statement regarding re-garding his position: That he Is lnsplrod primarily to conserve the best Interests of tho Chlneso people and not the intorests of tho republicans or the monarchists. monarch-ists. That time will prove that ho i6 seeking no selfish ends and hopes to continue in office as premier long enough to cause a proper election of merabors of tho national assembly or otherwise ascertain tho vlow of the majority of tho people. As. however, a general election seems difficult to accomplish considering the attltudo of the republican leaders, ho desires to bring about peace and some foim of substantial government as qulckly ao possible. That ho would be willing to resign and deliver the control of the government gov-ernment to any capabl6 man who would and could find a solution to tho be3t interests of China That certain foreign legations havo 'urged him or expressed tho hope that ho would continue in office, stating that thoy had confidence in his administration. |