THE REVOLT IN CHINA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 14 January 1916, Page 6

THE REVOLT IN CHINA

YUAN SHIH KAI V. TAI AO REBEL LEADER'S STAND By Telegraph—Press Aseoolation—Oopyrlshi London, January 12. The "HmesV', correspondent at Peking says that tie situation.has been .obscured by the oensorship.- The Government is moving large bodies of troops to strategic points, with the object of isolating Yun-nan and preventing the movement spreading to- tlie adjoining provinces. Serious developments aro possible. Tai Ao, who. is a strong character, and is greatly influential, itt Yun-nan, : where he has au army of 30,000 men i'and ample, supplies and arms, has been promised substantial financial support. The mountains render him secure 'attack in winter.. .Therefore Yuan Shih Kai is attempting to isolate him and negotiate for his surrender. Meanwhilo the provinces of Sze-chuan, Kwan-tung, and Kwei-ohaw aro notoriously opposed to Yuan. Kwan-tung is garrisoned by - Ymi-nanese troops, Tho Goveniment lias a quarter of a million soldiers, reputedly loyal, in the Yang-tse region eagerly awaiting Imperial largesse. The arrival of considerable forces V.fc Shanghai has restored confidence and trase is brisk, but the monarchical proposal has revivified the revolutionary element. The future' is dependent on developments in tho 6outh.