IN SORE STRAITS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 26 October 1911, Page 7

IN SORE STRAITS.

—t — CHINA HARD PRESSED. COURT READY TO FLEE FROM PEKING. I PROGRESS OF THE REVOLT. 0. t By TolegTaph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. October 25, 11.15 p.m.) ' London, October 24. The- Peking correspondent of "The Times" states that China's financial position is becoming desperate. The Tresis sury is unable to pay even the official salaries. The- better class of Chinese- and Manchus arc quitting Peking, and treasure is being sent for safety to tho foreign concessions at Tientsin and Shanghai. In tho event of reverses in tlio Yangtso, tho Court will flee to Jchol, 115 miles j north-east REFORMS DEMANDED. GENERAL TIN CHANG'S OPERAj TIONS. (Roc. October 25, 11.15 pjn.) Peking, October 24. ,1 A caucus of the progressive parties in . tho National Assembly has demanded radical reforms, including:— The creation of a truly responsible Cabinet, The removal of the Hancbu princes and other incompetents from office, Tho instalment of Yuan-Shih-lui as a Premier. i Tho Government is also asked to i plodge itself not to take severe measures ) against the rebels. c Liu-Yuan-Hung, the military leader of the rebels, in a letter to Admiral Sah, explains that after ha was captured by tho rebels and forced to take command • of their forces he decided that it was better to belong to a united than a disunited party. General Yin Chang, commander of the Imperial troops, in a dispatch, reports j his success over the rebels at Hsin-Yang-Chau, abont 170 miles north of Hankau. Tho rebels had COO killed, while the Imperial losses were slight. 0 The General states that tho rebels pos1. sess four hundred guns. He declines to l- advance unless lie is supplied with addits tional artillery, ammunition, and money 9- to pay the troops. II The Government is complying as quickie ly as possible. At Chang-Sha, in Ilunan, the rebels are .u protecting tho foreigners and niaintaind ing order. A steamer from Hi-Chang, full of Chinese soldieTS, under a white flag, has reached Wuchang. Tho rebels at Sian-Fu are making overtures to the Mohammedans in Kansu who r havo been in rebellion since August to join forces with them. Tho rebels havo captured Kin-Giang, and burned tho Viceroy's yamen. lit CHANG PIAO'S DEATH. New York, October 24. o- An unconfirmed message received at in San Francisco states that General Chang is Piao was sentenced to death for cowardit ioo in tho field, and committed suicide, a Router's Peking correspondent states a- that Sian-Fu, a western stronghold of tt. the Manchu dynasty, has joined the rebels.