THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 180, 29 January 1912, Page 5

THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. BOMB-THROWING. GENERAL GRIEVOUSLY HURT. By Cable—Priss Astooiation—Copyright Pekin, January 27. Yuan-Shih-Kai suggested to Revolutionaries that the National Convention consist of 300 delegates, representing five districts. Liang-Pi, ex-Commandant of the Imperial Guards, suspected of advocating an attack on Chinese alighting near his residence, was the victim of a bomb Which was thrown, fracturing his leg. He is.in a critical condition. The bombthrower was killed. ANOTHER BOMB OUTRAGE. COMMANDANT'S CARRIAGE SPLINTERED. r Received 29, 12 30 a.m. Pekin, January 28. A young Chinaman threw two bombs at General Chang-Huich-Hih, Commandant of Tientsin, wrecking his brougham. The assailant was captured after shooting a policeman with a revolver. Chang-Huich-Hih, who is a stern opponent of the revolution, was unharmed. MUNITIONS FOR PEKIN. St.'Petersburg, January 26. Twenty thousand rifles and five million rounds of ammunition from Germany have passed through Russia for Pekin. THE LEADERS' RELATIONS. Shanghai, January 26. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, in a friendly message to Yuan-Shih-Kai. clears np the misunderstanding caused by his recent letter. The confidence of the Chinese in Yuan-Shaih-Kai was displayed in a remarkable manner on his arrival in Pekin in November last. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing from the Chinese capital on November 27, said:— "The change which has come over Pekin since the 13th, when late in the afternoon Yuan-Shih-Kai arrived, is one of the most extraordinary things that any European has ever seen in China. A fortnight ago it would have been difficult to find a more panic-stricken city; today, though fear of what any hour may bring forth still keeps the- Wagons-Lits Hotel crowded to overflowing with Chinese of high rank and position, and drives those who have been unable to find accommodation to ask, in some cases actually pay, foreigners to live with them and hoist their national flags above their homes, the place has resumed its normal appearance and .to a great extent recovered its self-possession. Until Yuan's train actually steamed into the station, and the great man himself was seen advancing .along the platform surrounded by his bodyguard, everybody expected that first Tientsin and then Peljin would go over to the Revolutionaries."