Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-12
CHINA AFLAME
WITH REBELLION
Six Thousand Troops Mutiny
and Slay Three Hun
dred Manchus
ARMY AND NAVY ASSEMBLE
Daily Fighting, and Insurgents
Take Hankow, WI Chang
and Pan Yang.

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Peking. Oct. 12.-Between five thou
sand and six thousand Chinese troops
in Hankow native city are reported to
have mutinied this morning and killed
from 200 to 800 Manchus. The rebels
occupied Sui Ting Flu yesterday
1t is believed that the revolution
aries will attempt to destroy the rail-
ways and prevent TIE transport into
Hu Peh province of the troops that
month.
Edict Orders Mobilization
An imperial edict issued today or.
ders the Minister of War General Tien
Tsiang, to proceed TO Hankow with
two divisions of Peking troops, about
10000 of whom will be Manchus.
Warships to Assemble.
The commander of the Chinese
navy, Admiral Sa-Chin-Ping, is com
manded to assemble fleet of war.
ships in the Yang Use Kiang river and
join the land forces in an attack on
the rebels now in possession OF WI
Chang, Hankow and Pan Yang.
Viceroy Is Diseraced
The edict cashiers the viceroy at
WI Chang, who fled before the reb-
els, but at the same time orders him to
return to his post and retrieve his rep
utation. He is threatened with severe
punishment if he fails to recaptlre
WI Chang.
1t is expected that the revolutionists
will dynamite the bridges OF Peking
and Hankow Railroad to prevent the
early arrival of the troops.
Daily Fighting.
Extraordinary precautions are being
enforced here. Chinese passengers
are forbidden to travel on the Peking
and Hankow railroad beyond Chuma.
tien, Human privince.
A dispatch to the British legation
from Chung King says that the rebels
of Sze Chuen hold the Min River and
the country west ana confirms earliel
reports of daily fighting in that vicins
ity. =
Revolution Gains in Force.
! Hankow, China, Oct. 12.-The revo-
lutionary movement is gaining momen,
tum with every hour. Since noon yes
| terday it has swept me little city OF
Hang Yang and the native quarter OF
Hankow. Great numbers of Chinese
are joining the movement voluntarily.
Down With ,he Manchus. s;
| The losses in the fighting aggre-
gate several hunLred bit practically
all the dead are Manchus. The slo-
/ gan of the movement evidently is
Down with the anchus." 20
Thus far there has been no indica.
tion of animosity against foreigners
on the part of revolutionists.
| General Chang Escapes.
The capture of Hang Yang, which
! has 100000 population has delivered
into the hands of the revolutionists
the arsenal and the important Hang
Yang Iron Works. The revolutionists
had no trouble in Hang Yang, over
whelmingly outnumberlng the local
troops. General Chang Piao escaped
and the members of the local govern.
ment were dispersed.
/ Towns Put to Torch.
/ The popularity of the revolutionary
movement is indicated by reports that
several nearby cities have fallen.
! Where resistance was offered the
towns appear to have been put to the
torch.
| Missionaries Safe.
II The Methodist missionaries in WI
. Chang are known to be safe.
Revolt Spreads to South.
Hankow, China, Oct. 12-It is re
ported that Chang Sha, capital of HUI
nan. has risen in revolt and that al
Marking, the southern capital Of
kiang Su, the yamens of the viceroy
and Tartar general, have been destroy
ed Twenty miles OF the Peking and
Hankow railway has been torn up ant
the bridges burned The situation is
most serious. The revolutionists have
occupied Hankow unopposed.
An expedtionary force is engage,
IN gathering up the Americans an
rescuing them wherever they ar
hemmed in by the natives.
, Loyal Troops Guard Royal Palace.
Peking, Oct. 12.-Elaborate mil
tary precautions have been taken t
prevent any sympathetic revolution
5 ary uprising here and the palaces ar
guarded by troops of proved loyalt,
The advices received here indicat
that three regiments of the arm
Participated in the revolt at W
} Chang.
: A telegram from Hankow state
d that at the most four battalions r.
}. main loyal. 1t is known that thre
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