HANKAU RETAKEN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1280, 8 November 1911, Page 7

HANKAU RETAKEN.

REBEL SUCCESSESGREAT REVOLT IN THE FAR SOUTH. ANAHCIIY AT AMOYBy Telcurnph—Press inn -Opyrlcht (lice. November 7, 9. 11l ji.ni.) -London, November 7. Tho "Daily Telegraph's" Peking correspondent' ivporl> tlt.'tl Government dispatches admit thai tho rebels have le-i-ujituml .llnnkau, the lire from liio Hanyang and Wuchang forts being iinlaeealilc. Tho casualties on both sides were very heavy. A Shanghai telegram slates llial. Amoy is iu I ho hands of I lie i nvolutionaries and is in a stale of anarchy. All towns ujion tho railway between Shanghai and Chin Kiang are also staled lo 1» in the jiossessiou of tlio rebels. Tho revolutionary troops are receiving twelve fuels a month compared with tho Imperialists 41 tacls. REBELS REINFORCED. SIIANGHAI TOWNS GO OYER. Peking, November G. Wu-Ting-Fang, a former Chinese Minister to Washington, has joined tho revolutionaries. Tho towns of Suchau (57 miles northwards of Shanghai), llangchau (110 miles south-west of Shanghai), Sungkiang (22 miles south-west of Shanghai), and Wasting (11 miles north of Shanghai) have also joined the rebel movement, and Taku and Tientsin (near Peking) will probably do so. Attacks are being made on Yuan-Shih-Ivai in tho Assembly. Tho Provisional Government accuses him of arrogating to himself excessive powers. Three of Admiral Sab's gunboats sent fo Shanghai with provisions and ammunition havo joined tho rebels. • YUNNAN IN REVOLT. REBELS TAKE SEVERAL CITIES. (Rcc. November 7, 9.-10 p.m.) London, November 7. A Rangoon telegram says that tho troops at Teugyueh, on tho border of Burmah, mutinied, looted the Treasury, and killed General Ching, tho Taotai, and his womenfolk.. Tho cities of Tali-fu, Yuncliow, and Yunnan-fu, in the south-western province of Yunnan, havo been also captured, and all officials subsequently murdered. CHINESE LOANS. INTEREST BEING PAID. (Itec. November 8, 0.35 a.m.) Peking, November 7. Interest on the Imperial loans is being paid, despito tho fact that seven. Likin Colleclorates aro in the possession of tho revolutionaries.