Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-16
CHINESE TROUBLES
ARE INCREASING
Parliament Is to Begin Its
Second Session Next
Week
MEMBERS FRIENDLY TO REBELS
Three Government Gunboats
Disabled Near Hankow
Yesterday.

(Bv Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Peking, Oct. 16.-Members of the
National Assembly, organized a year
ago, as the nucleous of Chinese par
Lament, and which is to begin its sec
ond session here on October %, have
taken hand in the revolutionary sit
uation. About half of the two hundred
members of the assembly are now in
Peking. Sixty of them gathered pri-
vately yesterday and drew up resolu-
tions demanding that the provisional
assembly of Cze Chuen be permitted
to assemble Immediately and that the
president and vice president of that
body be released from prison to take
part in the sessions. The resolutions
further call for dismissal of Sheng
Hsuan Huai, the imperial minister of
posts and communications.
Heavy runs on the banks continued
today and there were many riotous
scenes
Warship Captured.
A published report today says the
rebels at Hankow have captured a Chi
nese warship.
Delayed advices from the South are
| that the imperial troops which retreat
ed from WI Chang and Hankow are
mobilizing at Chumatien, 100 miles
north of Hankow.
News Of First Battle.
San Francisco, Calf. Oct. 1G.-News
OF the first engagement between the
Chinese revolutionists and the imper-
ial forces and the establishment of
the capital of the Republic at Chung
Hwa was received here today A ca
blegram to the Chinese Free Press,
published here, gives an account of
the disabling of three government gun.
boats by the revolutionists near Han.
kow yesterday.
Boats Destroyed.
| The boats destroyed We're the Kung,
the Chor Koung and the Chor Choy.
Two other boats of the flotilla, one of
which carried Sal Ching, viceroy of
! the HUI Tai province escaped. The
cablegram gives no information re-
garding the attacking force.
Japan Not Helping Rebels.
I Tong King Cheng, editor Of the Free
Press, denied the report that the JAP
anese have in any way aided, actively
or sympathetically, the revolution. ia
vorable to the Manchu dynasty. 1t
! does not want to see China progress
sive. Events have shown that Japan
has ambitions to seize Manchuria and
other points of China's, and so finds
the Old feeble and ineffective form of
government 20 be most favorable to
! the designs.
Editor Tong said he intended to
take up today with the leaders of the
Young China parties here, the matter
OF calling upon the United States gov
ernment to help preserve neutrality on
the part of other powers so that no
repressive measures be taken against
China until the new republic is firm
! ly established.
Government Troops Desert.
San Francisco, Oct. 1G.-It is report
ed today at the local headquarters of
the revolutionary government that
from the imperial forces there has
been wholesale desertion to the side
OF the republic. Eighteen hundred
men under the command of General
Cheng Pie revolted and joined the rev.
olutionists. The same was reported
at Hang Yeng that troops Numbering
10000 came over to join Lii Yuen
Hung, the present commander of the
revolutionary army.
President Taft was appealed today
by the Chinese National Association
through its secretary, Tong King
Chong, to use his influence to pre-.
serve the neutrality of the powers in
the struggle for independence now
blazing in China.
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