The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-01
CHINESE ARMISTICE NOW
PEkIN HEARS or THREE DAY
Truce AT CHANG.
Republican Commander Expects an EN-
tension with Conference at shanghai
as TO New Form or Government
-Nankin Not Captured b, Rebels Yet.
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/ ''p''lN hDiF BeSD1fCheS 10 lHE Sun.
LONDON, Dec. IA despatch from Pekin
| to the Times says the request for three
! days truce at Wu-chang has been granted.
Yuan Shih Kai telegraphed To IIankow
on Thursday night agreeing to the arms-
tlce on the following conditions. That
the military preparations on both sides
shall cease and that each force shall re-
main on its own ground without enlarging
the number of troops and that there shall
be no encroaChing on each others terri
tory or spying on warships at anchor.
The agreement must he signed in the
presence of the British Consul. The truce
is due to the mediation of Sir John Jordan,
the British Minister at Pekin
The correspondent says il is premature
TO talk of the capitulaton of Wu-chang,
but it is admitted that the position of the
rebels there is untenabe
Gen. Iii Yuan Hung. the republican
, commander, is now comforting with the
representatives of eight provinces at WI
chang. and in the truce he will try to
ascertain the views of other provinces
and obtain an extension of the armistice
for a fortnight in which the Wu-chang
delegates will go TO Shanghai to meet
other provincial delegates and the Pepre-
sentatives of Yuan Shh Kai The full
conference will then discuss the character
of the future government of China
Yuan Shih Kai believes that the dis
sensions in the rebel ranks which caused
the collapse a Han-yang and Wu-chang
are growing andis confident that his policy
of Cancellation will prevail The situation
at Pekin is changing. The number of
Manchu troops is being reduced and that
of Chinese soldiers increased
PEKIN Nov. 30.-The latest available
news from Wu-chang is to the effect that
an armistice has not vet been arranged
although the negotiations are still pro-
ceeding. The revolutionists still hold
Wu-chang, whose forts occasionally fire
toward Han n-yang
There seems to be a hitch over Gen.
Huang Hsin's refusal to accept the con-
dtions offered by Gen. Feng. the COM
mander of the imperial troops. Gen.
Feng demanded that the gates of the city
be opened and that the revolutionary
ships be handed over to the foreign naval
commanders. promising in that case that
the imperial troops would not cross the
river and that the Hang-yang forts would
not be bombarded from Wu-chang.
Gen. Huang Hsin consulted with the
foreign consuls, who referred the matter
to the foreign naval officers. The latter
held that the granting of an armstice
involved the maintenance of the status
quo. and hence Gen. Feng's claims were
unfair The matter has now been re-
ferred to the Pekin authorities.
The capture of Nankin by the rebels
has not yet been reported. The latest
news is that the rebel attacks on the Tai
ping and Chao-yang gates were repulsed
with severe losses to the republican
troops. The efforts of the sappers to
dynamite the walls also failed. At last
accounts the bombardment was still
going on.
1t is stated that notwithstanding the
alleged intention Of Yuan Shih Kai not to
interfere at Nankin the Government is
sending the Eleventh Shan-tung brigade
to help the besieged imperial troops.
In "A pitched battle at Nin-guang in the
province of Sze-chuan the imperiaists Is
have defeated the rebels.
MANI =, Nov. Sc, The military authori-
Fifteenth Regiment. which it was in
tended should he brought up to its full
war strength for service in China
The regiment now numbers 500 men,
900 of whom have been brought in from
nearby posts.
An auxiliary force of $50 Philippine
scouts and 100 marines is about to leave
for China on the collier Abarenda. which
has been htted up as transport.