THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 178, 26 January 1912, Page 5

THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

IMPERIAL TROOPS REVOLT. MANCHUS SELL ART TREASURES. WHAT DR. SUN-YAT-SEN SAYS. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. Received 26, 12.5 a.m. Pekin, January 25. Two thousand Imperial troops revolted at Siang-yang. The sale of the Imperial art treasures Ti»« commenced. Parisian dealers purchased several million francs' worth of pearls. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen undertakes to resign the Presidency if Yuan-Shih-Kai severs his connection with the Manchus and publicly avows his adherence to Republicanism, whereupon he will be elected president. ' ;.r, _J A DELICATE SITUATION. FOREIGN TROOPS WANTED FOR PEKIN. London, January 24. A correspondent writes that the fore# of two thousand foreign troops in Pekin is insufficient, and if the Europeans are seriously attacked the result would be disastrous. ' The situation is very-delicate, and the Powers are - reluctant to prove an outbreak, whieh might follow the reinforcement of the legation guards. SINEWS OF WAR REQUIRED. Pekin, January 24. In view of'the shortness of funds the Republican Minister of War demanded from the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company ten million taels; otherwise the ships will be commandeered and sold. "