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Show LONDON, Feb. 9. Accoidlng to the Peking correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, Prince Kung, loader of the Mongolian antl-abdlcatlonlsts, Prince Su of tho board of dependencies, Prince Nndkna, Duko Tsal Tsao and TIeh Llanff, who at one lime was mentioned as tho probable successor of Yuan Shi Kal, have gone to Mukden Muk-den to establish the Jndependenco of J Manchuria and to make an attempt to i rovlve the old Manchu kingdom. NANKING, China, Feb. 8. Professor Profes-sor C. D. Tonner, Chinese secretary at tho American legation at Peking, and Wilbur T. Fracc United States consul at Nanking, today paid a visit to President Sun Yat Sen unofficially at his residence. Tho republican official gazotto contains con-tains today a letfor from President Sun Yat Sen to a- Chinese Christian pastor, endorsing his petition for an Independent national Christian rwr f-j f- -- ii n- Tf IT t 1- church. The president blames tho Manchus for complications which have arisen between the missionaries and their governments. He wishes them every success and promises them his support In the establishment of a Christian church oil broad national na-tional lines. Premier May Save the Throne. PEKING. Feb. 8. A now and etrlk- i.irr '. u nf tliri aitiiii tfmi !s nnw tnl. nit, m." v.. ."" ......... .- .-.. en. It Is believed In manji quartern that Premier Yuan Shi Kai possibly j will succeed iu saving the throne. Tho Peking papers no longer mention nb. dlcatlon or discuss the throno's abandonment. aban-donment. Certainly Yuan Shi Knl does not want to proceed with abdication abdica-tion unless compelled to do so. Tho opinion here is that the rebels do not possess the power to compel the pro-mler pro-mler armistice and also their willingness willing-ness to grunt the court liberal concessions con-cessions Inspires the belief that thcy Ihemselves recognle their inability to capturo Peking. Reports received at the capital Indicate that the repub lican predicament ia ui-d iw nu In which Premier Yuan finds himself. Confiscations of, property, forced as. soBsmonts and brigandage ar,e causes of discontent throughout the republican repub-lican provinces. Should Yuan Shi Knl accede to tho lopubllcaa demands. h.ls own authority author-ity would term'.nnte ho would bq at the merey of thq republican leaders and the heretofore loyal army would divide between the iepublica.nB and Manchus, with the Jatter's supporters hostilo to him, believing that he had boon treacherous But retaining the throne, whose power has alroadv boon delegated to him, he would bo Iho country,'s strong, est man. '' ) Tho Imperial premier's proposal nf terms In regard to the throne, even including a provision for eunuchs ha won tho support and baffled the opposition op-position of minor Manchu uobles Yuan Shi Kai has encouragod his followers fol-lowers to make promisos of abdication abdica-tion to tho lebels and publicly to arrange ar-range plans to this enJ, but ho now repudiates them, declaring that tho empress dowager aiithcrized him only c week ago to enter Into negotiations for a settlement. Tho actions of hla adherents, he asserts, were not authorized au-thorized and arc not binding upon him. Certain members of the legations predit Yuan Shi Kai with honest motives mo-tives In desiring to mnintain tho union un-ion by the only poss.ble mean-s thp throne. Many, however, aio convinced con-vinced that ho is or trenching himself him-self for a dictalorchlp. that ho Is wearing out tho republicans and breaking the powe- ot tho throno, whose authority will be preserved on. lv sufficiently to serve his ends. |