Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-25
MANCHUS SLAIN.
Rebel General at Sian Flu
Orders determination.
Bandits Take Advantage Of The
Situation and Plumber City.
Rebels Restore Order Later and
XIII Many Outlaws.

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! Pekin. Nov. 24-Missionarics arriv=
ing in Petin from Tung Chow ECU, 50
| miles northeast of Sian-F'u. give ac-
| counts of the recent revolution i'll the
province of Shen 81, where the anti
| foreign element declared its intention
! to exterminate foreigners, Christians
| and Manchus. but only partially sue
cecded
The rebel general at Sian Flu, they
SAY issued a proclamation To the pen-
pie not to harm merchants, foreigners
or non combatant Chinese but To de-
stroy only Manchus. The Manchus
there1lpon prepared to defend them
selves within their own walled sec
ton of the city. They Withstood an
attack BY .. mob made mp of students
from the Military School and Govern
ment schoo! and soldiers. but the next
day the attack them proved more sue
cessful and nearly all OF them were
slain. According to the missionaries.
the Chinese informed them that hor-
rible sbarbartties accompanied the
slaughter and that number Of Man
chu women We're 8peared or carried off
by Chinese officers and soldiers.
After the massacre bandits took adj
vantage of the situation, the reyolu-
tionists having neglected properly to
police the citN. They plundered shops
and demanded money Of the inhab-
tants and then set tiit to and burned
the school of the ScandauaVian-Ch China
Alliance Mission and killed Nine.
Beckman and another teacher. \ mis-
sionarY VAS wounded. but succeeded in
| reseuing a number of the school chill
dren.
When the rebels restored order, they
killed many of the outlaws. During
the disorder the English Baptist Mis-
sion was threatened, but was not de-
stroyed In nearly every village trees
were felled and barbados erected.
Another party arriving in Pekiu
from southern Shensi say they believe
the Sian Flu missionaries Will be I'M
able to get away owing to the bad
| condition of the roads. This party was
| attacked while on the way here by 20
highwaymen, who badly beat DR..
Blom, who was in advance Of the ref
ugees and twice slashed his wife with
sabres about the head. They declare
that ii soldiers who were escorting
| the party id not once lift their rifles
against the outlaws.
This party also gives an account
| of massacre at Tung kwan u his
| torical pass, where, centuries age, in
vading hordes of Chinese massacred
| the population Brganas posing as
| revolutonists. first captured Tung
| kwaa and then looted the town and
| killed 209e of its Inhabitants. Next the
| imperial troops recaptured the place,
killed 1000 of the brigands and carried
off down the river IS boat loads Of
Chinese girls. Later the revolutionists
took Tung Kwan.
Picking, Nov. 24.-At 3 meeting of
the ministers representing the foreign
powers here. it was decided that it
would be advisable to increase the le-
CATION guards
An edict Just issued orders Sheng-
Yum. the new governor of the province
LOT ShenSh to proceed to his post i'm
'mcdiately in order to suppress the
bands of outlaws and protect foreign
ers.
PIRACY on the West river is so
rampant that the British steamboat
companies of Hong Kong have been
obliged to suspend their services. Sew
eral of the steamers have been looted
and some of tie passengers and Of
icors killed. Two British torpedo boat
des'royers have left Hong Kong to
patrol the Western river.
Washington. Nov. although the
army is ready to embark troops 81
Manila ON the transport Sherman al
MON ms notice from China. il was
stated. today =hat n:hing would &c
done until definite word came from
Minister Calhoun at Picking that
American troops ~ere needed.
Mr. Calhoun has been in daily coll
ference with the other foreigners at
Feking and it IS understood that the
Powers arc acting IN perfect hacmony
IN the matter OF increasing the for
ei;;a troops in hina. Apneale from
bola factions in china 10 refrain trtm
initiating the public by landing addi
tional troops have SO "a: made ,hc
Officials reluctant to preeipitate a cri-
sis