Revolt in China.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 119, 10 November 1911, Page 5

Revolt in China.

THE MURDER OF WU. REBEL SUCCESSES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Loudon, Xovember 8. Chinese in Pekin declare that the Court ordered the murder of Wu, the Viceroy of Shanghai. Cannon have been mounted on the walls of the Forbidden City, and the Court is preparing for llight, and has already sent on its servants to Jehol. The revolutionaries will take possession of Ftichau and Taichau on the Sth. A MANGEL* PLOT. THE REGENT'S PROPOSAL, Pekin. Xovember 8. A Manchu plot to murder members of the Assembly has been discovered. Two hundred crts have transported the palace treasure from Jehol to a secret place. Conferences with Mongol princes foreshadow the. Court's joining the Mongols and seeking Russian protection. The liegent, in order to prevent troops arriving, proposed to cut the railway southward at Scengtai, hilt he desisted oil .Sir J. Jordan, British' Ambassador, declaring that Britain was entitled, to operate the railway under the old agreement. Fighting is going on at Nankin. The Manchits are strongly entrenched in positions commanding the city. THE HANKOW FIRE. DAMAGE £10.000,000. 400,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. Received fl, 10.3.0 p.m. Pekin, November 9. Two-thirds of Hankow is destroyed. The lire, at the lowest estimate, has caused damage to the extent of £10,000,000. Four hundred thousand people are I destitute. TREASURY NOTES. ASSISTANCE TO REBELS. Received 1). 10.30 p.m. Sydney, November fl. Mr. Johnson, editor of the Chinese Herald, declares that Suu-Yet-Sen lias ■issued a million pounds worth of treasury notes, and that this course contributed largely to the success of the insurgents, enabling them to secure almost unlimited arms and ammunition. i The patriots who are buying arms will be repaid if the rebels are successful. If not they will lose, but it' is for the good of the cause, and they will risk their lives if necessary. PEKIX THREATEXED. REBELS CAPTURE NANKING. Received 10. 12.5 ri.m. Pekin. Xovember fl. Six thousand Lanehow troops are marching on Pekin. Some are at FcntCtai. seven miles front the capital. Li-Yuan-TT.eng refused yuan-Shih-Kai's conditions, and replied that, it was time to discuss terms when tin l Republican army was marching into Pekin. The revolutionaries, with the loss of 100 killed, captured the armory and forts commanding Xan- King. Two thousand Imperialists seceded upon receipt of .1000 taels. General Tueh-Ling. upon orders from Pekin. then yielded.