Peking, Nov. 17.
The local Chinese papers report that several members of the Imperial Clan have been arrested in Peking upon a charge of having organized a society, the aim of which it is to restore the Tsing Dynasty to power. A prominent member of this society, the Hanlin Sung Yuyen, has been shot, Prince Kung has returned to Tsingtao. Lao Nai-hsuan, Into mem: ber of the State Council, has ten letters, advocating the restoration of the Manchu Dynasty, all princes of the Imperial family, especially to Prince Kung, Heir Shih-chang, Chou Fu and" Chao Erh-hahn. It is alleged that Prince Kung has forwarded the letter to President Yuan Shih-kai. Yesterday Hsu Shih-chang ited the
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