Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-20
REBELS WIN
GREAT VICTORY
China Appears on Brink of
Anarchy and Disinte.
grafton
FOREIGNERS WARNED TO FLEE
Mohammedans Start a Little
Revolution of Their Own
in South.

in South.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Hankow, China, Oct. 20.-(By wire
less to Kiao Kang, 2:30 p. m, relayed
by telegraph to Shanghai, p. m.)-
troops retreated to Sew
enty Mile Creek beyond Hankow Flu
vial. Revolutionists claim great vic
tory. Chinese warships retreated
down the river out of sight of the
settlement which is quiet.
Worst Fears Realized.
Peking, Oct. 20.-Fears which had
prevailed here since yesterday were
confirmed tonight by an Associated
Press dispatch from Hankow which
stated that the rebels We're winning.
The message was sent from Han
kow early yesterday morning. 1t was
carried by a messenger to the nearest
open wire and received here this
evening.
Government in the Dark.
Up to o'clock tonight, the govern
ment and the foreign legations were
al. .-C,JsC4,!,GS neutrality-suspicious.
in the dark as to developments in
the south. The officials claimed that
the absence of news was due to the
fact that the minister of war, Gen
eral Yam Chang, was holding the tele-
graph lines an dnot allowing any but
his own messages to be transmitted.
They stated that Gen Yien Tchan
organized his forces and was rapidly
pushing forward his troops, mean,
while contenting himself with report
ing military details without furnish
ing definite news of Wednesday S
fight.
Government Troops Concentrating.
1t was explained that concentration
of the two imperial division had been
completed last night at Kwang Shua
on the Peking & Hankow railroad, &c
miles north of Hankow. 1t was un
derstood that General Yin Tchang
the commander-in-chief, had Io~cf !
Kwang Shua.
Official assurances also were given
that although the situation had been
grave recently, the outlook was now
much improved and the ultimate
triumph of the government, was Ger
tain.
Rebels Cut Railway.
A rumor was current that the reb
els had cut the railroad behind The
imperial troops and captured Sia Oka1
30 miles north of Hankow.
Another native report was that the
rebels held the railway tunnel at Sir
Yang Chow, in the southern part o
Ho Nan province and about 100 miles
north of Hankow.
Attempts to establish wireless com
munication between the capital ant
Hankow have thus far been fruitless
Imperial Soldiers Disaffected.
Consular dispatches from Yum Nal
report persistent rumors of disaffec
ton among the imperial soldiers.
Both the moder ntroops and the
local regiments threaten to mutil
because they have not been paid ant
refuse to march against the rebel!
in SEE Chuen. The viceroy is said tt
have withdrawn the ammunition from
the troops and to have fortified his
Yamen.
Foreigners Warned to Leave.
The French consul at Yum Nan re
ceived letter signed War Minister
of the Revolutionists,' recommending
that foreigners leave the countr!
while yet there was time. In conse
quence, the missionaries have beel
warned by couriers, and are preparing
to leave.
Mohammedan Revolt.
A Mohammedan rebellion is report
ed imminent in Kan Su, the scene o
the Mohammedan revolt Of 1S53-75.
The belief is strong here that ;
serious defeat of the government
forces, as seems probable from to
nights dispatch from Hankow, woul'
have such an effect on the countr.
generally that it would fall ripe int
the hands of tn erevolutionists.
Cipher Dispatches Prohibited.
The legations today sent stronl
joint protest to the government
against the prohibition of cipher dis
patches, which is completely dislocat
ing trade and threatens to upset tn
money, market and lead to danger
GUS panic.
Telegraph Lines Destroyed.
Shanghai. Oct. 20.-The followin'
message from Vice Admiral Wfnsloe
senior British naval officer at Han
kow, sent by wireless from British
vessel off Hankow, was received her
this morning: "All telegraph lines t.
Shanghai and to Peking were dc
stroyed by fire last night for a dis
tance of a mile beyond the settle
ment"
Government Troops Retreat.
Another wireless message dispatch
ed from Hankow at noon today AM
re-transmitted over the land lines a
Kou Kiang reaching here at O'Clock
says that the government troops re
treated up Seventy Mile creek, Will
the Chinese warships withdrew dow
the river out of sight. The revolu
tionaries claim great victory.
Cruiser Secedes.
Still another message says that tn
revolutionists at Hankow claim ,