Whole Palace and All Its Contents Commandeered by the Military: Emperor and All Imperial Family Move to Palace of Prince Chun Peking, Nov. 6 General Feng Vu-hsiang this morning sent military and police chiefs to the Palace, where they met and informed the Manchu Chamberlain that the "Government" wanted to take over the whole of the Imperial City, in accordance with the proviso contained in the agreement between the Republic and the Manchu House at the time of abdication, but hitherto not enforced.
Discussions ensued, the "Republican" representatives. explaining that it would be necessary to take an inventory in order to determine the respective belongings of the State and the Manchu House as regards archives, treasures ete.
Meanwhile the Palace was guarded and all ingress and egress stopped.
This afternoon the Ching Emperor Hsuan Tung accompanied by the whole of the Manchu family left the Iniperial Palace and took up residence in the palace of his father Prince Chun, the ex-Regent, situated in the northwestern part of the City, near the famous Coal Hill. out so quietly that few people happened.—Reuter's Pacific Service the city yet know what has It is difficult not to think that this attack by General Feng Yuhsiang on a number of innocent people, who have nothing whatever to do with the present strife, ix deliberately planned to put pressure on Marshal Chang Txo-lin and force him, to come to Peking and support General Feng.
Not only docs Marshal Chang rule over a large number of Manchus and the land of their birth, but his position makes him tacitly responsible for the fair treatment of the Ching Emperot, Tong as the latter behaves himself, as he has always done, Accordingly, General Feng uses the Emperor'as a lever to extort from Marshal Chang what he will not give voluntarily.
General Feng! will undoubtedly give great offence to the people of China,
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