Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-10
.GROWTH Of
CHINESE REVOLT.
Ball Cartridges Distributed to Guards
at Foreign Legations. Luminous
Mutterings and Threats.
FOREIGNERS EXPECT TROUBLE.
Escape Of Royal Family From Pekin
cut ef-Nanchus Realize that South
ern China is Lost to the Throne.

Pekin, Nov. 10.--Ball cartridges
we're issued today to the legation
guards In anticipation of an anti-for-
eign outbreak. a similar uprising
is also feared at Tien Tsin. Opera
ton of the Pekin-Kalgan railroad has
been abandoned, which cuts off the
only avenue of escape by the imperial
family. Taoti Chang Of Annoy has re-
signed and most of his subordinate
officials have fled. Attempts are con-
stantly being made by the rebels to
!. burn the city.
Shanghai. Nov. 10.-Despite all
the efforts to prevent it, an anti-for-
eign sentiment began distinctly to
manifest itself among the Chinese reb-
els today. Mutterings are heard on
every hand that American and Euro
pean residents of the treaty ports
are showing partiality for the imper-
ialists and savage threats are made
OF the vengeance the reyolutionists
will exact il the aliens do not OBJ
serve the strictest neutrality through
out the present struggle.
At Tien Tsin the situation is es-
pecially strained. The consular bod
les insistence that Gen. Chang Shao-
Tsen's force remain outside instead of
occupying the city, as preliminary
to an advance upon Pekin, is ex-
tremely provoking to the rebels. AL
though, so far as foreigners know,
Gen. Chang, who was originally an
imperialist army officer, has never
definitely gone over to the reyolu-
tionists, the rebels seem confident
that he sympathizes with them, and
violently resent the protest entered
by the consuls the moment the gem,
eral notified them of his intention to
make Tien Tsin the temporary head
quarters of his army which has fol-
lowed him from Lan-Chow on the
march to Pekin.
The consuls' objection to the en-
trance of the Lan-Chow troops into
the city would almost certainly lead
to fighting between them and the
Slanchu soldiers there. would be
better received by the rebels were
there not pretty clear evidence of
the truth, of their charge that while
Gen. Chang's followers are discrim-
government forces has been winked
at, in violation of the protocol of
1910, and that trains have been fur
nished by foreign railroad officials
in compliance with the governments
request at the same time that similar
requests from Gen. Chang were be-
ing disregarded.
Even here, where in general the
rebels have maintained excellent or
der. since the city fell into thir hands
the; looting of the British warehouse,
which the guard had been driven
away by native mob, is regarded
as having been most alarming
symptom OF the revolutionary lead
ers weakening grip upon the masses
of their, followers.
The Manchu leaders in Pekin, it is
beginning to be believed, have made
UP their minds that southern China is
hopelessly lost to the throne, but
to be planning for last-ditch fight
in the north. Being native to this
part of the country, the dynasty will
probably be able to oppose revolu-
tion more successfully than in the
provinces where it has represented
a race of alien conquerors and may
succeed in holding its own for a
time.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 10.-Am-
orleans in China are today absolute
ly dependant upon Rear Admiral
Murdoch, U. S. N, commander of the
Asiatic fleet, for the protection of
their lives and property. The Amer
lean naval officer has been given add
ed authorities with the increase in
seriousness of the situation, until
now he is by all odds the strongest
figure in China.
The Navy Department has in
formed him that he is expected TO do
all things necessary for 49, .of,
guarding of American interests. The
Department has provided AIurdocl,
with nearly score of warshins
which he can dispose Of as he pleases.
He is free to land marines, lombard
towns, seize yessels-he is both the
State and Navy departments in Chi
ma during these critical days.