THE CHINESE REVOLT.
MUTINY. OF UNPAID TROOPS AI HANKING.! a i A DRAMATIC - OUTBREAK. , Pekin, April 13. Fifteen hundred troops mutinied at Hanking, owing to the non-payment of their Wages. The outbreak occurred at midnight with dramatic suddenness Looting and burning of the town continued for - several hours. The villages were burned for miles around. Ten thousand loyal Cantonese troops invested the disturbed area, and after fierce fighting , drove the mutineers into the barracks, killing fifty of-them and disarming a thousand. Many were found in possession, of loot and were summarily executed. Similar minor outbreaks are reported from the Yangtso Valley. GOVERNOR OF SHANTUNG. (Received 15. 9.40 a.m.) Pekin, April 14. Chou-Tzu-Chi, Acting-Finance Minister, and a brother of the Now Zealand Chinese Consul, has been appointed Governor of Shantung.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 15 April 1912, Page 5
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129THE CHINESE REVOLT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 15 April 1912, Page 5
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