CHINA IN ARMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1806, 19 July 1913, Page 5

CHINA IN ARMS.

PROVINCES DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

REVOLUTION ONCE MORE. WAR AGAINST YUAN SHIH-KAI. By TeJesrraph- -Press Association—Copyriuht Pekin, July 17. It is reported that the ICiangsi, Iviangsu, luvangsi, Fukien, Canton, Szeclnian, Hunan, and Anhuri provinces are preparing to declare their independence, and that soino have already done so unostentatiously. Many northern troops have gone to liiangsi, where indecisive fighting is proceeding. The southern army dynamited the Pukow railway bridge, 150 miles north of Yang-tse, and tore up the rails, thus preventing the transport of northern troops. Tho insurgents surrounded tho German Consulate at Nanking, on tho ground that the Germaps had extradited revolutionaries from the Gsrraan Hankow Concession. Shanghai reports that a revolution is general along the Lower Yang-tse, and that the province of Kiangsu has joined tho rebels. Tho attitude of tho Japanese is bitterly commented on. The presence of Japaneso officers beside tho Tebels supports the belief that the former are stirring up strife. Moreover, General Li Euan-Hung has protested against the anchoring of Japanese gunboats in tho fighting zones. Advices received from German channels state that a rebel leader, wearing the Japanese uniform, ascended a river in a Japanese gunboat. Tho Japanese Legation denies that official assistance has bsen given tho rebels. General Huan Chi-sing has declared war at Nanking against the President,' Yuan-Shih-Kai. General Huang-lising has been appointed Commander-in-Chief, with General Tsen Shun-HsiKin, on ex-Viceroy, as Generalissimo. All tine troops in Nanking and Chinkiang havo joined the rebels. Tho commanders of some of the forts were shot for refusing to join. (Rec. July 18, 11.20 p.m.) Peking, July 18. The northerners have taken possession of the Kin-Itiang forts. Tlir." southern forces have departed, fleeing uphill to Kuling, where they surrendered their arms. THE INEVITABLE COROLLARY. OP YUAN-SHIH-KAI'S DICTATORSHIP. (Sydney "Sun" Special—July 18, 6.10 p.m.) London, July 18. In consequence of tho revolutionary outbreak in China, the new loan issuo has depreciated, and is now quoted at one-half per centum discount. Reports from Shanghai show that the outbreak is almost tho natural corollary of the unconstitutional high-handed action of Yuan-Shih-Ivai and his Advisers. It isf claimed that the obvious course is for the Powers to withhold from China any further advances of money until peaco has been restored. Lack of cash, it is suggested, wouild soon stop the trouble.