THE CHINESE REVOLUTION
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 15, 11.30 p.m. Nanking, April 15. Yuan-Shi-Kai has entrusted to Huang-Sing the restoration of order and the control of civil and military affairs. The President's action is interpreted to mean that he does not desire to risk a rupture with the South. It is also regarded as a tacit acknowledgment that the Southern authorities are not prepared to dissolve the military organisation. Three hundred were killed in the mutiny. Martial law has bsen established.
Several Ministers refused portfolios. The Revolutionary members of the Government are reluctant to proceed to Pekin. Chang-San, the ex-Imperialist commander in Shantung, has recruited 14,000 men, and refuses to deliver up a million dollars' worth of British rolling stock unless guarantee'' that the railway will not be used for the transport of Republican troops.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 245, 16 April 1912, Page 5
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138THE CHINESE REVOLUTION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 245, 16 April 1912, Page 5
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