The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-17
Government Must Crush
Rebellion Soon or
Be Crushed.
ITS THEA URY
Is DEPLETED
General Yin Tchang, Who Heads
Imperial Troops, Has Little
Faith in Loyalty of His Sol
diers Vast Body Of
Chinese S mpathize
With Revolutionists.

Picking. October l6.--Simultancously
with the acceptance to-day by Yuan
Hu-Peh and Human Provinces. TO which
territory he Is directed to proceed and
Immediately re-establish authority,
the Chinese government, is showing re-
markable activity. even in the face OF
depicted treasury. The government!
seems to realize the necessity of crush
ing the rebellion promptly, and is dis
patching the army to the scene OF the
revolt as hastily as preparations can
be made.
Prepare TO ltcrist.
~ few messages are beginning To ar
rive from the soutn. wnich tor some
days previously was entirely cut OIL
from Geographic communication. Bu,
though the lines are open lew oetails
OF tnes situation IN the affected prov
inces are hitering in. IL Is beieved
howaver tnat certain measure oI
order is being maintained At WI
CnanS and ranNow Uutslle of the
foreign concessions IN hanKow, these
TWO cities are IN the nanus or revoiu-
tonists. and the TACT that ali women
and children have lett or are leaving
hankow indicates that the forces I'M
Ger the insurgent leaders, weil armed
ana we'll munitioned from the arsenal
store, are preparing TO resist the Chi
nese army, several divisions OF wmcil
are either on the road to Hankow OF
rapidly being fitted out for the cxpe-
dition.
The American consul at Hankow, no
ger > Greene, mas sen, a message &c
PekirS requesting that he be kept in
formed as TO the progress Of the army
southwark, ana the approach of the
troops under War Minister Yin Tchang
which are being mobiiized at Chumatien
In Human Province, and below. within
seventy miles OF Hankow.
The reinforcement OF the American
iegatton guard by 100 men. who are
proceeding from Manila, while not sig
nihcant Of danger, is nevertheless indie.
awe OF the seriousness Of the situation.
An indication OF the activity of the
government Is given in the dispatch
from Pao Ting Flu OF twenty-four army
trains In the last three days Twelye
,.,'i VIII be dispatched from PekinG
at Pao Ting Fu. will leave as soon AS
conditions quiet down there After m,
departure of a single passenger train
iL LIN the railway. between Pc
closed
ali but troop traffic.
Lacks Faith In Troops.
General YIN Tchang, Minister n,
war, who Will have chief command OF
the government troops. is small, thin
pueneless Manehu. German and Aus.
greatest confidence, report that ne ma
rot entire faith in the Chinese troons
according to the Chinese people gen
Sraiiy' the Menchus We're tolerablc
are now worthless. The vast body OF
Chinese sympathiZe with the revoIr.
tionists and significant saying of the
soiniers proceeding to the South Is, IAN
ppiuihary rebellion would be all right,
put we must now fight against our
trained brothers"
The women. in seeing their soldier
relatives off to the scene of action,
a aavise them If there is danger to dis
card their uniforms and walk back.
The situation depends on money. and
IT is admitted that the ready funds
OF the chinese government are low.
further loans by foreign bankers have
is increased and is regularly forth b 2
coming, and If the men are we'll fed.
they may not desert or rebel
Address to Throne.
Pekins, China, October 16.-Members
of the national assembly, which was
organized year ago as the nucleus
OF a Chinese Parliament and which is
to begin It's second session here Octo-
Der -. have taken a hand in the revo-
lutionary situation. About half of the
200 members of the assembly are now
In Picking. sixty of them gathered
privately yesterday and discussed the
situation They drew up series of
resolutions addressed to the throne.
These were made public to-day
The resolutions demand that in the
interests of peace the provincial as
sembly of Szechuen be permitted to as
semble Immediately. and that the
president AMI vice-president of tina,
body be released from prison to take
part in the sessions. The resolutions
further call for a dismissal of Shen-
Hsuan- Huai. the imperial minister OF
posts and communications as soon as
possible. Shen negotiated the loans
for the naturalization of the railways
and has been a leading advocate of
the antiprovinciai policy. which Is re-
garded as largely responsible for the
present uprising.
The president OF the national as
sembly will lend his official prestige
to the resolutions, and will transmit
them In person to the Cabinet.
Runs on Banks Continue.
Heavy runs on the banks here con-
tinued to-day. and there were riotous
scenes In front of several of the insti-
tutions. the policemen on duty being
forced repeatedly to club back the
crowds and protect the bank officials
Government bank notes are no longer
passing at par. the best quotation to-
day being at discount of 90 per cent
Even the foreign banks are not i'm.
mune from the financial war scare
The Russo-Chinese Bank, in the lega-
tion quarter, was the target for pro-
longed run to-day, Foreign bank
notes are being refused as currency