AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1285, 14 November 1911, Page 5

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

YUAN SiilH KAI'S LETTER, KKICIN 01? TEItHOH AT NANKING. Dy Tcleeranh—Frcss Association—Copyrlclit (ltec. November 13, 11.10 p.m.) Peking, November 13. The Reformers Jiavo seized all I ho strategic jwinls in Urn Yangtso V-.illey. The Imperialists oontinuo an effectlt.ss bombardment on Wuchang. Yuan fihih-Kai, writing to li Yuan Hung, expressed dissatisfaction with tho Poking Government and urged Li Yuan Hung to accept a constitutional limited monarchy and pleaded that iin opportunity should be given tho Emperor to prove liis sincerity. Tho position of Szechnan is inci-eaiingly serious. Some of the missionaries have been robbed. The whole of tho Shansi is now in tho peaceful occupation of the revolutionary troops. One hundred refugees aro gathered at Tientsin, constituting a menacc to tho food supply, and prices aro rising daily. General Chang has instituted a. reign of terror at Nanking. Tho Viceroy and tho Tartar General are virtually prisoners. General Chang declares that he is not resisting tho revolutionaries, but suppress;ing mutiny. POSITION IN MUKDEN. Pekin, Novombcr 12. Tho Mukden Provincial Assembly has vetoed a Russian loan and informed tho Viceroy that if it is accepted tho Assembly will declare tho independence of tho province. Twonty-scvon incendiaries were captured at Foochau and executed, ffu Ting-Fang has been appointed Foreign Minister for tho Shanghai Republic. REBELS EVACUATE NANKIN. Peking, November, 12. General Kuan Shih-Kai has started for Peking. Tho Reformers have evacuated their ramp south of Nankin. Tho Imperialists hold the city. Tho foreigners aro safe.