Peking, Nov. 10.
The Government, believing that Yuan Shih-kai will arrive shortly, is frankly bailing him as its last hope. It has summoned Hsi Liang, the able ex-Viceroy of Manchuris to come to Peking, and strenuously endeavouring to persuade General Chang to do likewise in order to have a grand discussion of the situation.
The Government hopes that Yuan Shih-kai will be able to Telegrams reosived by the Consulate-General in Sh: reference to the situation in Naoki; state that on Thareday there were local police in the city, bat the citizens were organizing vilonteer corps to police the streets. On the afternoon of that day the Viceroy and Tartar-General were still at Peichiko, but the other officials bad fied to Heiakwan, Among the Mancha troops coold br sem youths of fifteen years of age and old men of sixty. The attitude of the older anldiers towards foreigners was fairly good, and no interference with foreigners bed been beard of.
'A telegram dispatched slightly ater was to the effect that on Thorsday morning all the shops and houses it Nanking bad been cised, and on the afreets there were no pedestrians with the exception of the police. Later in tea-houses houses stil!
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