Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
CANTON SAID To
HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
Three Other Towns Captured by In
surgents--Emperor Preparing
to FlylFrom Canton.
REVOLT SPREADING.
Ten Thousand japanese to Protect EN-
neror,s Person In His Flight to Muk-
den-General Hsuan Huai Reported
10 Have Been Killed.

Toxic. Oct. 26.-Advices from
China today say international COM
plications are feared as the result OF
the charge that German army officials
are directing the movements OF the
rebel forces. Chinese officials de-
clare that, under the pretense OF act
ing merely as military attaches, the
German officers are practically con-
Quoting the rebellion.
1t is expected that the imperial
government will voice vigorous pro-
test to Germany and to the other
European powers.
Shanghai, Oct. 26. The Chinese re-
bellion continues to spread like
prairie fire today. Cities are falling
before. the revolutionists, troops are
mutinying, and Manchu dignitaries
being murdered in every direction.
Cheng Tu, capital of Szecheun prov
ince, is the latest to throw off the al
legiance to the imperial power. The
troops seized it and declared for
republic.
All accounts agree that the road
to Pekin is practically open to the
rebels and that General Ii Yuen
Hung, the rebel leader, is rallying
his men at Hankow for an immediate
advance. 1t is believed that the en-
peror has fed, and placed himself
under the protection Of Japanese
troops.
Barring foreign Intervention it is
considered certain that the Manchu
dynasty will be over thrown.
The United States legation at Pc
kin is calling urgently for more war
ships, as there are not enough now
in Chinese waters to protect .Ameri-
eurs at ali points OF 6t
Shanghai, Oct. 26.-The lie, .u-
tionists are reported to have seized
Canton after a fight in which many
were killed. Confirmation Is lacking
but the city's fall has been expected
for DAYS and the report is generally
believed.
The emperor is said to be prepar-
ing for flight to Mukden to put him
self under the Japanese protection.
Later it is rumored he will go to the
United States.
Pekin, Oct. 26.-Protection of
the Chinese emperor's person in the
event of his flight to Mukden is an
nounced here today to be the mission
Of the 10000 Japanese troops report
ed to have arrived in the Manchurlan
city yesterday. 1t is denied that the
Mikado plans either grab or inter-
ference in the rebellion.
Shanghai, Oct. 26.-Gen.. Ii Yuen
Hung, commanding the rebel force
concentrated about Hankow, is re-
ported today to be preparing for an
immediate advance upon Pekin.
The roads to the capital are no"
opened, messages by indirect routes
from Hankow say. and, by the rebels
overwhelming victory over Gen. Yin
Chang's imperialist army yesterday,
or Tuesday, reports conflicting as tol
the exact date of the battles conclu-
sion. Accounts of the engagement are
vague and all that is definitely known
is that the imperialists were decisive
~ beaten.
One version Of the affair is that
the rebels led the imperialists into
an ambush with devastating fire.
The same account has it that whole
regiments of imperialists deserted to
the rebels as Gen. Yin tried to draw
of his shattered force.
There are varying unconfrmed re-
ports that Gen. Yin himself was
killed and that he was assassinateo
by a member of his own stan.
In addition to Tsinanfu, capital or
Shantung province, Nan Chang, Su
Kow, and kuei Lin are the latest to
go over to the revolutionists and
Nankin and Canton will probably be
next to go. From Canton the wealth
Ter citizens have been fleeing in
crowds since Gen. Feng Shan's assas-
sination yesterday.
Messages from Pekin intimate that
the government will not hesitate a
moment at throwing Minister of
Communications Cheng Hsuan Huai
overheard in compliance with the
national assembly's demand, and if
the members who called during the
session yesterday for his life prove
numerous and insistent enough. it
Pekin. Oct. 26.-The government
bowed to the national assembly's de-
mand for the minister of communica-