Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-25
THEY GAIN STRATEGIC POINT
PEkiNe Is NOW GUT OFF FROM
AL IMPERIAL TROOPS GATH
EREb AT WI CHANG
IMPORTANT CITY CAPTURED
CHANG CHOU, WHICH COMMANDS
RAILROAD FACILITIES, FALLS
INTO REBELS HANDS

San Francisco, Oct 25.-Advices Of
an important and perhaps decided reb
ell victory over the main body of the
imperial army on the mountain passes
separating Hupeh and Human provin
ces, were received here today by the
Chinese Free Press. The message
which came from Hong Kong, said
that General Yin Tehang in command
of the $1,000 royalist troops with 15O
guns was driven back by General II
Yuen Hung with $4,000 rebels. The
defeated army, at last reports, was en-.
| lt,enching itself in the city of WI Sing
Kwang.
Japan to Take Hand
| Shanghai, China, Oct. 25.-The. cap
ture of Chang Chou by the revolution
lists was announced in dispatches
which reached here today. From a
strategic point of view this city should
prove of great value to the rebels. 1t
is the junction of the Kai Fung and
Pelxing Hankow railroads and is To-
Gated $50 miles north of Hankow It's
capture apparently cuts off from Pc
king all the imperial troops now gath
cred around Hanlcow and Wu Chang.
Today's news from the lower Yang
Use valley was all discouraging to the
government. With Kiu Kang in un-
disputed possession of the rebels, the
imperial fleet retreated on down
the river some of the vessels being
reported as far eastward as WI Hu.
Conditions are ominous, not only in WI
HUI but also in Marking. Most of the
Manchu officials have left these two
cities and are crowding into Shanghai.
The Taotai of Shanghai today be-
came SO alarmed over the possibility
of the secession of the native city to
the rebels that he removed his house
hold to the foreign settlement. The
Taotai of Nanking has also put him
self under the same protection.
The city of Su Chow is in panic,
owing the revolutionary threats of s.
900 weavers whose wages have been
unpaid for a, hong time. Revolutionary
agents here announced today that the
insurgents expect to establish their
headquarters in Kiu Kang, which win
probably be the revolutionary capital.
1t is unquestionably fact that the
entire Yang Use region and most of
southern China as well, Is completely
revolutionary in sentiment. All the
cities which have been taken over by
the rebels in the past few days have
been captured almost without resist.
ance. The local government has sur
rendered quietly and rebel appointees
have taken their places with little stir.
A few of the Manchu officials. have
been killed but most Of them have
joined the rebel cause.
Details of the transfer of Chang
Sha to the revolutionists weres report
ed to the telegraph headquarters by
the operator in that city. ss
please take notice" he said that
the insurgents have duly occupied this
office
He said that he himself had Joined
the revolutionists. The declared in
tention of the leaders he added, was
| to gradually take over city after city,
linking the various centers already in
their possession and thus push on to
Shanghai. They planned. he said. to
re-establish the telegraph lines as soon
as possible and permit business to
continue under a provisional govern
ment which. they declared, would have
the sympathy and support of the en-
tire. country south of the Yang Tse.
Trade conditions in Shanghai have i'm
proved somewhat.
| The American warships have not
yet succeeded in getting any effective
results from their wireless apparatus.