Revolt In China.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 117, 7 November 1911, Page 5

Revolt In China.

THE POSITION AT SHANGHAI. AN APPEAL FOR CONCORD. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Pckin, November i. Six men were killed and ten woundod in the Kiangnan arsenal in consequence of the rebels dynamiting the gates which the loyalists defended, in order to cover i the escape of the directors in charge. The revolutionaries at Shanghai are distributing new rillrs to allcomers on condition that they wear the rebel badge. The Imperial edict appeals for concord between Chinese and Manehus, and approves Yuan-Shih-Kai temporarily suspending hostilities. RULERS v. REVOLUTIONARIES. IMMENSE DAMAGE BY FIRE. BLIND BOYS SAVED. Received 6, 0.30 p.m. Pekin, November 6. An edict circulated states that the As-sembly-will • hold general, elections, andagrees to the recognition of rebels as a political party. The edict, states the present revolutionaries are . different to the wicke* rebels who endangered former dynasticThe damage at Hankow by fires o: Monday is estimated at ,Cs.(K't | .ooo. There were further fires on Thursday, when an area measuring two miles by half a mile was devastated. The Blind Boys' Weslevan Mi ssion had 1 a remarkable escape. j TROUBLE BREWED IN PEKTX. PETITIONS WRITTEN IN BLOOD. Mr. 11. G. Hn-nnor, a well-known civil engineer and architect, until within the |ca-t few weeks in the service of the Chinese Imperial Government, but now residing in Sydney, expresses the emphatic opinion that the rebellion will be fought to a finish. Tin; Manchu regime, | he savs. is in such a rotten state that | it is hound to come to a finish. ) Mr. llarmer has spent many years in ! China, and us a Government has been able to penetrate into many of the , hamlets and cities in the interior where the ordinary "foreign devil" has hitherto lteen rigorously excluded. "After all is said and done,' he says, "considering what has taken place in the last 1 twelve months, and thinking over little things that c-ame to my notice whilst in Pckin. it seems to be quite the natural ; coiir-e. Exactly 12 months ago I was' in I'ekin with Dr. Gartrell. the wellknown colporteur for one of the Chine.se Missions, who is probably more conversant with Chinese methods and ideas tlum any white, man living. The new Chinese Parliament was then taking shape. After the Empress Dowager's attempt to exterminate the "foreign devils" in IfltX) she was consulted by . certain intriguing noblemen, and was seized with a sudden desire for reform. Li Hung Chang, Huan Shi Kai, Tong Sh.iw Yi. and various others influenced her to reform her measures of j>overnnien'.. generally, and it was arranged . that the House of Representatives

should be opened in 11113. In the mean- ) time the Empress Dowager devoted her- | a self to accumulating wealth. in which j 1' she provid lie rev If an adept. and the six j j. ami a-half million pounds which she loft t 1 at her death was shipped to England ' bv the Hai Chce. which osten- I 1 sibly wa- sent to represent, the Chinese' j Admiraltv at the Coronation naval re- | \ iew. This money was undoubtedly sent I out. of China in anticipation of the pre- n sent trouble. y "Another instance which foreshadowed trouble was the earnest endeavor of , the Royal Family to show their partial- ' itv for th-e foreigners bv dining at the Wagon Li (known as the Four Nations Hotel I in Pekin hi European fashion, j One evening I was talking with Dr. { Gartrell about the state of affairs then, and he told me that there had been a i strong reactinnarv scene in the temporary Honv of Rcpiwiilativis on the j liart of the inovin:• ia 1 s*. and that the j Grand Council had been eal'ed to the ■ floor of the House to answer certain ' iiuestions regarding expenditure and > I loans. This was an unheard-of atrocity : in China, and the Prince Regent ordered the Provincials l>;«ck 1o their constituencies. and exhorted the people to. 1 send 1 him men better acquainted with ' court, 11iijii"tt-e. Three davs later all i the men returned with petitions written in human blood. This is a Chinaman's last retort, and conveys a world of meaning. That night, five battalions of troops were brought into the inner eitv of Pekin. The papers were full of , -i i!it ion. and even the oflicial journals wen- calling upon the authorities to listen to the people and to reason. On the -ame U'!;ht six ollicials called (Ml Dr. Gartrell. and said the Munch u < 1 \11:i-1y w'i- doomed, end that it could not lit -1 live years. Thev also asked him to fake charge of their nionev and treasures.''