Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-12
KILL 2299O 299O IN MUT|NY MAY NOT co FREE
Over 5000 Chinese Troops at Banker Walsh Lacks Certainty
HankoW in Uprising. of Being ParoIed.
MAY DESTROY RAILWAY NAME NOT ON FIRST LIST
Edct Orders Gen. Tchang Other Bankers Appear
Pekng to the Scene Been More Fortunate.
DAILY FIGHTS NEAR szE-CHUEN MAY ACT HIS CASE
Any Revolutionary Regarded as
a Capital Unfavorabe Sign
Over 5000 Chinese Troops at
HankoW in Uprising.
MAY DESTROY RAILWAY
Edict Orders Gen. Tchang From
Peking to the Scene.
DAILY FIGHTS NEAR SZE-CHUEN
Military Precautions Are Taken to
Prevent Any Revolutionary
Movement at Capital.

PEKING October 12-Between 5000
and 600 Chinese troops in Hankow
native city are reported to have mutined
this morning and killed from 200 to 300
Manchus The rebels occupied Sui-Ting-
Flu yesterday.
1t is believed that the revoutionaries
will attempt to destroy the railway and
prevent the transport into Hu-Peh prov
ince of the troops that were concentrated
In Sze-Chuen last month.
An imperial edict issued today orders
the minister of war, Gen Yin Tchang.
to proceed to Hankow with two divisions
of Peking troops. about 20,oO0 of whom
will probably be Manchus.
The commander of the Chinese navy,
Admiral Sab Chen Ping, is commanded
to assemble a fleet of warships in the
Yangtze Kiang river and join the land
forces in an attack on the rebels now in
possession of WI Chang, Hankow and
Han Yang.
Viceroy Is Cashiered.
The edict cashiers the viceroy at WI
Chang. who fled before the rebels, but,
At the same time, orders him to return
to his post and retrieve his reputation.
He is threatened with severe punishment
II he fails to recapture WI Chang.
1t is expected that the revolutionists
will dynamite the bridges of the Picking
and Hankow railroad to prevent the early
arrival of troops. Extraordinary precau-
tions are being enforced here. Chinese
passengers are forbidden to travel on the
Peking and Hankow railroad beyond
Chumatien, Human province, in either di-
rection.
A dispatch to the British legation from
Ching King says that the rebels of SEE
Chuen hold the Min river and the coun-
try west, and confirms also earlier re-
ports of daily fighting in that vicinity.
Elaborate military precautions have
been taken to prevent any sympathetic
revolutionary uprising in this city, and
the palaces are guarded by troops of
here indicate that three regiments of the
army participated in the revolt at WI
Chang.
Few Remain Loyal.
A telegram from Hankow states that
at the most four battalions remain loyal.
1t IL known that three WI Chang regi-
ments Of infantry and ones regiment of
artillery revolted.
The American gunboat Helena and the
japanese cruiser Tshushima were expect
ed at Hankow today. Several British
warships have been ordered to proceed
thither The women and children living
on the water front slept aboard the mer-
chant steamers in the harbor last night.
According to Chinese rumors. Kang Yu
Wei, who was adviser to the late emperor
until 1895. when the coup of the dowager
empress restored her regency and drove
arrived at Hankow. The missionaries at
Wu-Chang are safe.
Revolution Is Gaining.
HANKOW, October 12-The revolu-
tionary movement Is gaining momentum
with every hour Since noon yesterday
IT has swept the little city of Han-Yang
and the native quarter of Hankow.
Great numbers of Chinese are joining
the movement voluntarily. Losses in the
fighting thus far aggregate several hun
dred, but practically all the dead are
Manchus- The slogan of the movement
which is guided by sbrewd and temperate
leaders. is evidently down with the
Manchus"
Thus far there has been no indication
of any anf7nosity against foreigners on
the part Of the revolutionists.
The capture of Han-Yang which is a
town of perhaps 100000. just north of
Hankow, has delivered into the hands of
the revolutionists the arsenal and the
important Han-Yang iron works The
revoiutionists had no trouble in Han
Yang, overwhelmingly outnumbering the
local troops. Gen. Chang Piao escaped
by flight and the members of the local
government were dispersed.
The popularity of the revolutionary
movement all along the river and in the
interior Is indicated by apparently au-
thentic reports that several nearby cities
have fallen. Where resistance was Of
fered the rebel forces the towns appear
TO have been put to the torch.
The Methodist missionaries In Wu-
chang are known to be safe. An expe-
oit1onary force is now engaged In gath
erfng I'D the Americans and rescuine
them wherever they are hemmed in by
the natives
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