A rather startling dispatch from Nan hus been received here by a prominent member of the Reform Party, who further declares that it came from an absolutely reliable Source. We translate the same ax follow:
"Friends of Vieerny Liu K'un are in Peking, have lately sent wa pi ing to do BLE, harm either on his way North or when he reaches Peking, the object being apparently to prevent 8.E. from having an audience of the Empress Dowager, wh id to have grent confidence in him. This conspiracy is because B.E. is suspected of favouring the Red that he is determined upon those members who have been selected for persecution. BLE. is there-ore urgently advised his journey North for the present, at t until the political atmosphere clears. apparently unheeded, fur H.E. has his intention to start for 15th instant. ever, lies in another direction, for with his numerous friends and well-wishers the old Viceroy is comparatively safe from any physical danger at the hands of his enemies. The real danger lies in the very strong section at Nanking of the great Hunan Party in the Liangkiang provinees, who acknowledge no leader but the old Viceroy. It is feared that should this story become ki mongst the exch able Hunanese in Nanking they may push matters so far as to prevent BLE. from starting for the North, Next to the the Hunanese have most fidence in is General Li Chan-chun, Provincial Commander-in-Chief of Lower headquarters are at Sang-miles from Shanghai, who nder of the Nanyang fleet.
vent_any_contretemps on the part of friends the Viceroy has sent for General ome to Nanking post-haste, probably, his influence in keeping these people Colour is lent to the above by the fact that General Li actually started for Nanking on the cruiser on Friday lust, and that he had a detail of some forty journey to Peki
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