Revolt in China.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 28 October 1911, Page 5

Revolt in China.

COURT PREPARING FOR FLIGHT. REBELS' FURTHER SUCCESSES. By Cfeble —Press Association—Copyright. Pekin, October 2fi. Tangshaoyi has succeeded Chengkungpao as Minister of Communications. The Court is prepared for flight. It is reported that the revolutionaries have captured Tsinanfu, t'henchan. Nanchang, Kuilin and Sakau. Ynichang, the Imperial general, hxs left Siaokau to proceed southwards. CHING CASHIERED. WHAT CAUSED THE REBELLION. A SEVERE EDICT. IMPERIAL TROOPS MUTINY. A REBEL CHIEF AND A TARTAR GENERAL. Received 27, 1.20 a.m. Xew York, October 27. The Herald's Pekin correspondent states that Yin Chang has been recalled and that General Feny Kivo Chang is replacing him. Pekin, October 27. An edict cashiers Ching forever, on the ground that he is mainly responsible for the nationalisation of the railways, thus causing a rebellion. It is believed the cashiering is due to the Government's desire to conciliate Yuan-Shih-Kai, his lifelong enemy, rather than to the Assembly's threat. The edict also releases from custody the president of the Szechuan Assembly and other leaders of the Ching-Tu riots, and orders the punishment of Cha-Ooerh-Feng and Weng-Jsven, the present and past viceroys of Szchuan. A report from Ching-Tu states that the Imperials mutinied and killed Cha-Ooerh-Feng and joined the rebels, who now hold the eitv.

There is a panic at Canton, and thousands of residents are leaving. Eight foreign gunboats protect the foreign settlement. The Viceroy has advised the Throne to restore to shareholders the management of the Canton-Hankow railway. Luk-Lan-Ching, the notorious brigand, has given the Viceroy five days to surrender at Canton and to organise a rising throughout the Kivong-tung. A Tartar general, while sitting in a chair, was overwhelmed with debris which was set alight. His charred remains were dug from the ruins. It is reported that Foo-Chau has fallen. The rebels seized the Customs. Alarm is felt at Shanghai in regard to the effects upon the navy, which is mostly manned by Fokienese.