Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
LARGE PART OF NATIVE CITY
OF KANKOW Destroyed
by LATE BATTLE.
Its War Is Puzzling Affair-New Situa-
lions Daily Arising Make Outcome
Extremely Uncertain-Assembly May
Resign-General Chang Likely to
Assume Military Dictatorship.

Peking.-The situation in China is
becoming more complicated, if not more
serious, every day. A short time ago co.
operation was suspected between Yuan
Shi Kai and the national assembly. II
is now evident, however, that these ele.
ments have up to the present no con.
~nection whatever. The whole move.
ment is a spontaneous uprising against
old corrupt methods, and the fact that
foreigners nave not been attacked in.
dicates that the desire for genuine re.
form is sincere.
sembly, at a secret session, decided to
resign in a body, owing to protests tele-
graphed to Picking by many of the pro
%vincial assemblies, Directing that a
provisional body should assume author.
ity to draft a constitution which should
be the work of a parliament. 1t is
stated that General Ii Yuen Heng and
other rebel leaders, who do not reeoo.
nize' the Picking government, decline
also to recognize the powers of the ma
%tional assembly in conjunction with the
efforts of the throne and Yuan Shi Kai
now their military opponent and pre-
mier-elect, toward a settlement.
The third army division, which has
been stationed at Changfu, and the
Twentieth, at Mukden, are being mob
ilized at Lanchau, with troops already
there, ostensibly for the formation of
a second army to be used by Yam Shi
kai. But, seemingly, Yuan Shi Kai
does not intend to fight, nor does the
so-called second army intend to pro-
coed to Hankow. It's objective is be-
heved to be Picking.
1t IS only necessary to threaten the
capital to obtain edicts altering those
yesterday and today, but new edict.
will not satisfy Chang Chao Tsen and
his army. Therefore, it is expected that
the next week OF so may see Chang pro
v%isional military dictator, pending the
election of a full parliament and the
appointment of a responsible cabinet.
About 100 members attended the
meeting of the national assembly Sat
urday. The clerk read a telegram to be
sent to General Chang Chao Tsen, stat
ing that the whole constitution, when
drafted, would be submitted to the peo-
pie and the army, and asking sugge
tons from him. A telegram to Yuan
Shi Kai also was read reouestinp q
cessation of destruction of life and
property and that the demands which
General Lii Yuen Heng has submitted
to him be forwarded to the assembly.
The viceroy of Tientsin is preparing
for the defense of that city. The atti-
tude of the populace is wavering.
Mission Inmates Escape Fire.
Observation-Disclosures of the Wesleyan
mission, the patients of the women
hospital and the blind boys who are
under che care of the mission. escaped
death by a narrow margin in the fire
which Saturday destroyed a LARGE mart
OF the native city of Hankow. The
inmates of the mission, numbering 300.
spent the night on the lawn terrified
by the whizzing shells and rattle of
rifles. They are all now housed in the
London mission.
Battle RACES at 500 Chow.
Amoy.-It is reported from native
sources that continuous fighting has
been going on at 500 Chow since Sun
day evening.
WI Hu.-Fire during the last few
Gays has devastated an area two miles
long and half a mile wide. 1t is evil
dent that the imperialists are deter
mined to destroy the city. The total
damage by fire amounts to many mil
lions.