CHINA'S REVOLT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5

CHINA'S REVOLT.

ENDLESS RUMOURS. GOVERNMENT HARD PRESSED FOR MONEY. REBEL VICTORIES REPORTED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Oopyrlcht (Rcc. Octobcr 23, 1.3 a.m.) Peking, Octobcr 22. Tho wildest rumours are in circulation regarding the rebellion. It is stated that the rebels nro capturing cities ami gunboats, and that tho Viceroy's yamen at Tsi-Nan-Fu, the capital of Shantung, has beeu burned. | Thero are signs of gravo unrest at Tientsin, tho port of l'eking. Missionaries havo been warned that a revolutionary outbreak near Peking is imminent. Tho foreign diplomats aro considering China's foreign and financial obligations, China having requested tho postponement of the instalments of the Boier indemnity about to fall due. The Chineso Government is also eagerly seeking a loan. Yuan-Shih-Kai refuses to recapture Wuchang, being dissatisfied with General Yun Chang's preparations. He regards tho general as boastful and incapablc. Yuan-Shih-Kai has demanded tho supremo naval and military command, Tho capturo of Ichang, 165 miles west of llankau on tho Yangtze-Kiang, is confirmed. It is rumoured that the Sachengpingi, the flagship, has been sunk or captured. The fall of Changsha, the capital of Hunan, is imminent. A WARSHIP SUNK. , ADMIRAL RETIRES DOWN RIVER. (Rcc. October 23, 0.20 a.m.) ' New York, Oc.tober 22. Cables received in San Francisco from tho Chinese Republican leaders confirm the reported defeat of tho Imperial forces at Hankau. It is reported that an Imperial warship was sunk. Admiral Sliah has retired to luu-kumg, down the river. The rebels are expecting a jreat accession of strength as the result of the battle. HARD PRESSED FOR MONEY. CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN GREAT STRAITS. (Rcc. October 22, 5.5 p.m.) ■ Peking, October 21. Tho Government is in great straits, and is applying to tho banks and legations for financial assistance. BANKS SUSPEND PAYMENT. (Rcc. October 22, 5.5 p.m.) Shanghai, Octobcr 21. Several native banks havo suspended payment. '1%0 bankers' and merchants' guilds are negotiating to avert a orisis. AID FROM. HONG-KONG. (liec. October 22, 5.5 p.m.) Hong-Kong, October 21. Tho foreign banks aro making continuous largo shipments of silver, including British dollars, to North China, owing to tho Chinese paper currency having been discredited. Tho market is practically dcplet-ed of spccie. AMNESTY FOR REBELS. (Rcc. October 22, 5.5 p.m.) Poking, October 21. An edict unparalleled in Manchu history oll'efs an amnesty to all classes, civil and military, on the rebels surrendering. HANKAU BATTLE. SUCCESSFUL REBEL RUSE. I.ondon, October 20. The "Daily Mail's" Peking correspondent states that it is reported that tho Loyalists wero repulsed in north-west Hankau, and that their losses totalled seven hundred. Tho "Daily Chronicle's" Shanghai representative says it is reported that a second battle, lasting ten hours, took placo chietly at tho station below tho Japanese Concession at Hankau, and that the rebels were victorious. Tho correspondent proceeds to show that Lin Ituan Hung, 'the military leader of the rebels, by subtle strategy, started the revolution. He seized Yui-cheng, tho Viceroy of Hupeh, and, using tho Viceroy's seal, dispatched a messenger to tho manager of the Hanyang arsenal, urging him to como to tho Viceroy's aid. Whilst the arsenal men wero absent the revolutionaries seized the arsenal. Tho manager afterwards retained his post under the revolutionaries. Tho "Standard's" Shanghai correspondent declares that the Imperial troops at Hankau have retired northwards, in, it is believed, a strategic movement to join the Imperial soldiers arriving by train. lteuter's Hankau correspondent reports the rc-bels as winning in the recent fighting. SUFFICIENT TROOPS. REINFORCEMENTS STOPPED. London, October 20. Tho Peking correspondent of "Th< Times" states that tho Government has modified its arrangements, and will now send from Manchuria and Shantung only a few thousand troops. This is attributed to the feeling that tho two divisions bo ing entrained for Hankau will prove suflicent to deal with tbo situation. Somo people think that Yuan-Shih-Kai tho new Viccroy, will assumo command of the troops. IMPERIAL CAMP ABANDONED. GUNBOAT RETIRES. Peking, October 20. Tho Hankau rebels advanced on Thurs day, and found that tho Imperial troop; had abandoned their camp. Tho rebelf thereupon occupied it, capturing somo o] the baggago and ammunition. Tho Chinese gunboat also retired several mile: down tho river. Tho Imperialists are encamped tcr miles from llankau. FEELING IN SYDNEY. CHINESE THREATEN LOCAL EDITOR. Sydney, October 2L Tho editor of the "Tong Wall Times,' Sydney, has received a number of letter: threatening him with personal violenci for tho expression of anti-revolutionarj doctrines in his paper. The matter hai been reported to the police. A threat hai been made that if he hoists tho dragor Hag on Sunday, tho festival of tho birthday of Confucius, it will be pulled dowx and violenco used. "A GREAT VICTORY." REPORT RECEIVED IN MELBOURNE, i (Rec. October 23, 0.20 a.m.) Melbourne, October 22. The Victorian branch of tho Young China I.oaguo has received a cablc mcs&igo from headquarters stating that the revolutionaries had a great victory at Hankau, over a thousand Imperial troops being. killod and only twenty or thirty I'cbcU.