Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
Insurgents Now Command Narrowest
Point in Yang Use Kiang.
CHANG sHA Is SURROUNDED
It is Also Reported that Cannon Are
Posted Near Canton.
SITUATION REGARDED CRITICAL
Foreign Diplomatic in Peking Dis
cuss Chinn's Financial Situa-
tiOn--Government Eagerly
Seeking New Loan.

PEKING, China, Oct. 21.-There was
little in the news received at the capital
today to reassure the government or re-
lieve the general feeling Of uneasiness
The missionaries in this province, Chi
Ii, have been warned by students that
there will be an outbreak near Peking
tomorrow. Considerable credence is at
tached to the warning as similar advance
information reached the missionaries at
WI Chang prior to the uprising there.
Evidently trouble is brewing in Tien
Tsin and a telegram from there con-
tains the ominous statement that the
yamen of the viceroy at Isl Nan, the
capitol Of shang Tung province has been
burned.
Consular reports from I-Chang, which
has been isolated for some days, con-
firm earlier rumors that the city Is in
the possession of the revolutonists. Thus
far there has been no disturbances In
1-Chang with the exception of an agita-
tion on the part of 1900 coolies employed
on railway construction, who demand
payment OF their wages in silver, which
cannot be had.
The national assembly will convene
here tomorrow. AS there is sentiment
in this body unfrieifdly to the throne the
Z Z sa,saproaching depberations are looked for
uliuei .",'th Some anxiety.
peine e NV of the possible spread of the
Febellion, the foreign legations are taking
the necessary military and commissary
precautions in this city and at Tien Tsin
for the protection of the legations and
the citizens of the countries which they
represent.
Ministers at LoERerheads.
Yuan Shi Kai, the newly appointed vico-
roy OF the provinces of Hu Peh and HUI
nan, and Yin Tchang. the minister of
war are at loggerheads. Tne former is
dissatisfied With the preparations made
by the minister of war. whom he charao-
terizes as boastful and incapable"
II is understood here that Yuan Shi Kai
is now considering whether he will take
supreme command OF the army along the
Yang Use river or concentrate his efforts
on the recaptlue OF Wu-Chang. Should
he finally decide not to carry out one OF
those proposals it would be a crushing
blow to the government
The orders issued recently for the dis
patch of $1,000 troops Row II Manchuria
and Shan Lun to Hankow, appear to be
treated as a dead letter. There Is no
sign whatever Of any such movement.
Three train loads of troops are about to
leave Mukden, ostensibly for Kin Chow,
Manchuria. Their real destination, how
ever, is believed to be Peking.
News of Defeat Leaking Out.
The news of the defeat of the imperial
forces at the hands of the rebels at Han
kow is gradually leaking out The pub
lie is so excited that any possible in
flammatory incident such as the opening
of the national assembly tomorrow is
likely to be the signal for a crisis at
Peking. The attitude OF the radical
members Of the assembly Is most aggres-
sive. and It is not expected that the re-
gent Will venture to open the assembly
in person.
A dispatch received here from the Brit
ish consul at Hankow dated noon OF oc-
tober 90 reads;
''The railroad station at Kilometre Ten
was evacuated by the imperial forces
Thursday. The imperialists are now hold
ing the station at Ten-Mile creek. The
loyalist warships have retreated to a
point out OF sight of Hankow."
RumOr Flagship is sunk.
There is no doubt that more serious
news than that of the defeat of the
government troops by the revolutionists
at Hankow Wednesday has been received
at Peking, but not published There are
persistent rumors that Admiral Sab Chen
Pings flagship was sunk or captured.
II is reported that the rebels are now
holding Hwsng Chow, at the narrowest
point Of the Yang Use EIiang river and
and that they ale also in possession OF
I-Chang and the railway near Kwang-
Shui.
The diplomats met yesterday and con-
sidered Chfns's foreign financial obliga-
tions. The government has requested a
postponement Of the payment OF the
Boxer indemnity instaiiments ana is
eagerly seeking q new loan.
a belated telegram from Chang Sha
under date Of last Wednesday states that
The fan Of the city is imminent. The
rebels are reported 10 have posted heavy
artillery IN a strong position in the hills
north OF Canton.
United states May send Marines.
MANILA, Oct. I-Locai merchants
received advice from the naval author-
ties today 70 deliver at once all food
supplies which have been contracted for
in behalf of the marines stationed here.
Il was announced that Ihis assembling Of
supplies was a precautionary measure in