THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 171, 18 January 1912, Page 5

THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

THE ATTEMPT OX YUAN'S LIFE.

HIGH EXECUTIONER SERENELY

WAITING.

By Cable—"-Press Association—Copyright. Pekin, January 16.

Yuan-Shih-Kai's route from the pal- ' ace was lined by troops with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. As the carriage approached Dr. Morrison's residence one of a group of twelve well-dressed Chinamen threw a bomb from a distance of thirty yards. The bomb exploded twenty feet from Yuan-Shih-Kai's carriage. Besides two men killed, twelve soldiers and three, civilians were injured. The perpetrators took refuge in a tea-house, which was surrounded. Reuter adds that the high executioner is parading outside smiling and awaiting orders. The armistice has been prolonged for a fortnight. / _____ PARTICULARS OF THE OUTRAGE. BOMB-THROWERS ARRESTED. Received 17, 11.15 p.m. ~ Pekin, January 17. Yuanrj9hih-Kai was proceeding in semiregal three bombs, about the size of cqadansed milk tins, were' thrown. It is repdrted they are of Japanese One failed to explode, and the others behind the carriage owing to the carnage man whipping up the horses. \ The concussion was felt 600 yards away, and killed two of Yuan's bodyguard and wounded eighteen. The terrified horses dashed at a mad gallop, and were stopped with difficulty. The police used their whips freely and cowed the crowd, and then established a cordon Tound the whole quarter until the bomb-throwers were arrested. They confessed they were revolutionaries. Other arrests were made.

The outrage removes the doubt the iManchus' hituerto entertained regarding Yuan-Shih-Kai's loyalty. Foeigners believed Yuan's death would liave thrown Northern China into a state of utter lawlessness, which would have demanded the immediate intervention of the Potferta-