CHINESE REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 34, 5 February 1912, Page 6

CHINESE REVOLT.

MUKDEN* RESIDENTS MIGRATE WHOLESALE. THE POSITION AT OANTON. Pekin, February 3. . ; Yuan-Sliih-Eai is awaiting the concentration of 20,000 Ohi.-csu troops at Peliin before the publication of -the terms /oft abdication. Advices from Mukden Mow that the payment of officials has oocn suspended. Disorders are feared, and the people are leaving Mnkclcn whole- , sale, travelling northwards. , - Mr Maxwell, the “Daily. Mail” war correspondent, described the impending troubles, saying that at Canton the majority of the garrison consist of bandits, pirates and mercenaries, who are likely to maintain discipline only as long as they are paid. The city is under a military dictator. Merchants have removed their valuable goods from the Island of Sameon, and trade with Hongkong has ceased. The troops on whom most reliance can be placed are proceeding north. Europeans are preparing for emergencies at Sameen, which is a joint British and French concession. The island is mined and fortified, and hag ' s a garrison of 300, supported by French, Gorman, American and Japanese gunboats. h NEUTRALITY VIOLATED. (Received 5, 8.50 a.m.) St. Petersburg, February 4. ‘ Mongols fired on the Chinese gar- ! rison at Lubinfu station. Russians intervened to prevent a violation of the neutrality of the Manchurian railway. During the firing a Russian officer was killed and a soldier wounded. The commander ordered the Mongols and Chinese concerned to be arrested and disarmed. REPUBLIC TO BE FORMED. (Received 5, 12.45 p.m.) Pekin, February 3. An edict lias been issued directing Yuan-Shih-Kai to form a Republic in conjunction with the Southern Republicans.