Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-26
KILLED BY HIS
OWN TROOPS
General Yin Tchang Assassi'
mated and Sheng Huai
Dismissed
EMPEROR PREPARES TO FLEE
Great Bloodshed Reported from
Canton, and Rebels Hold
Full Sway.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Shanghai, Oct pa Chinese news
paper in extra edition today an
nounces that the minister of war,
General Yin Tchang, commanding the
imperial forces, has been assassinat-
ed by his own troops.
Great Blood Shed.
The paper also states that Canton
has been seized by revolutionists.
Great bloodshed is reported there.
The rebels are throwing up en-
trenchments at Kiu Kang.
WI HUI, Nan King and 500 Chow
,, expect that the revolutionists will
take over their local governments
soon.
Officials Flee in Disguise.
The entire province of SEE Chuen is
practically controlled by the rebels.
Manchu officials, high and low, some
wearing DISCUSSES, arc coming to
Shanghai from every quarter. All try
to find refuge in the foreign conces-
sions.
Emperor Will Flee to Mukden.
i Native newspapers which are wide
ly circulated south Of the Yang Use
Kiang announce positively that the
emperor and his family are preparing
to start for Mukden, Manchuria
where protection has been guaranteed
them by the Japanese.
1 Minister Of Posts Dismissed.
Washington D. c., Oct. 26.-Sheng
Hsuan Huai, the Chinese president o1
{ the ministry of posts and communica
:. tions, whose impeachment was de
!. manded by the Chinese assembly be
, cause he had negotiated the foreign
railroad loan, has been dismissed
|. Tong Shao vi has been appointed tt
4 succeed him, according to state de
n partment advices today.
v Imperial Family May Come Here.
n Shanghai. Oct. 26.-Later, it is stat
n ed, that the imperial family will b.
q conducted to the United States. Thu
;. open and widespread circulation o
such statements as the above with
n out interference fro mthe authoritie
n is considered significant, in view o
n the restraint to which the press ha
been subjected heretofore.
n A native paper publishes a wireles
4 dispatch from Hankow timed tw
Il o'clock this afternoon, stating that al
was quiet there.
r. Troops Mu:iny.
- Peking, Oct. 26.-Shong Hsuan Hua
minister of posts and communication:
y has been dismissed from Office in al
cordance with the demand of the nj
tional assembly, made on the govern
ment yesterday
: The Chinese newspapers report ths
" the troops at Cheng Tu, the capits
- of SEE Chuen province have mutinie
~ and killed Chao Erh Feng, commando
of the imperial forces and joined th
rebels, who now hold the capital.
!, cheng Tu Has Fallen.
le The legations have received no new
re officially from SEE Chuen province ft
TX the last ten days. They ordinarily di
ly credit the reports published in tt
lg Chinese papers but consider the stat
rs ment that Cheng Tu has fallen ar
It. the imperial commander been assass
le mated as not improbable.
4 Cry for More Warships.
Is The American legation is askir
lg that more warships be sent to Chi
10 ese waters, as the present number
|e not sufficient to cover all the por
~ which are in danger. No America
al vessel is now available at Chang Sh
ly where there are 20 Americans.
An official communication stat
co that General Yin Tchang telegraph,
ne the government from Sio Kan yeste
day that the imperial troops had a
he vanced to Shokou and he was folio
RS ing them.
of Officials Are Nervous.
re Tsi Nan, Shan Tung Province, o.
nj. 26.-Public sympathy throughout Il
Sc province of Shan Tung is with Il
ed revolutionists. Only the officials clil
is. to the dynasty and they are extreme
US nervous. The mass of the peop
awaits the overthrow of the Manch