THE CHINESE REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 39, 29 January 1912, Page 5

THE CHINESE REVOLT.

YUAN SUGGESTS A NATIONAL CONVENTION. BOMB-THROWER KILLED. Pekin, January 27. Yuan-Shih-Kai suggested to Revoutionaries that the National Convention consist of 300 delegates, representing five districts. Liang-Pi, ex-Commandant of the Imperial Guards, suspected of advocating in attack on Chinese'alighting near his •esidence, was the victim of a bomb rhich was thrown, fracturing his leg. fie is in a critical condition. The ’jomb-thrower was killed. A ROYALIST COMMANDANT IN DANGER. NARROWLY ESCAPES A BOMB. Pekin, January 28. A young Chinaman threw two bombs t General Chang-Huich-Hih, Commandant of Tientsin, wrecking his ■ rougham. The assailant was captured after diooting a policeman with a revolver. Chang-Huich-Hih, who is a stern op>onent of the revolution, was unharrad. SUIDUN POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. MANY BODIES RECOVERED. (Received 29, 8.5 a.m.) Pekin, January 28. A hundred and fifty bodies were re■overed from the ruins of the powder nagazine blown up by revolutionaries t Old Suidun, when General Chin-Tai lerished. The search continues. LOYALIST GENERALS DEMAND A REPUBLIC. , (Received 29, 8.40 a.m.) Peking, January 28. The Imperialist generals have mcnorialiscd the Tlironc, demanding a ■epublic.