Peking, March 30.
According to Chinese reports, Monarchy, Li Yuan-hung, Tuan Chi-jui and Hsu Shih-chang despatehed a telegram to the South demanding the cessation of hostilities. The "Peking Gazette" learns from a reliable source that a reply has actually been received.
The wording of the demand for abdication is not so insistent as that demanding the punishment of the Monarchists, which is regarded in high official circles to mean that the rebels are willing to come to terms.
A reliable report from Yunnanfu says that there haa been a lull in she fighting on the various fronts. The rebels demand the abdication of Yuan Shih-kai but appear to be willtig to negotiate.
Chengtu, March 29. The Szechuan authorities have issued instructions for hostilities to cease pending further orders from Peking.
Robbers, taking advantage of the absence of the troops who have gone south, are still making trouble in many places. Two mail-boa's were recently robbed below Chungking.
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