New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-08

general Thirty Of the assailants were
arrested
Consular reports state that several
other officers we're assassinated and. ac-
cording to foreign railroad officials the
Manchu and Chinese soldiers fought a
regular engagement during which a
number of officers and men were killed.
1t is expected that the assassination
OF General WI Lu-cheng will lead to the
revolt OF the remainder Of his old 9Th
Division, which Is now with Yuan Shin
kai The government reports. however,
that two trainloads OF imperial soldiers
are now on their way TO Hankow and
these may he sufficient to prevent a
mutiny.
a hundred carts left Peking tonight
| for Je-Hol and two hundred mounted
Manchus proceeded in the same direc-
| ton early in the day. 1t is believed
that this advance party is preparing
the way for the flight Of the court. but
many Manchus are fleeing and troops
are constantly moving in the vicinity
Of Picking. The Manchu troops here
number 1000; imperial guards, 800;
police, 1000, and banner police, about
1000.
! The city is quiet tonight and there
/ is no sign Of any intended movement.
| Cheefoo, in Shan-tung province, has
gone over to the revolutionaries. Prior
/ to this one Of the leaders. Wang Shao-
MEN. distinguished edUcational!st, in
formed the consuls that everything was
ready for peaceful assumption of au-
thority by the Chinese and that there
would be no slaughter OF the Manchus
unless they resisted.
| Yuan Shih-kai Formally Appointed.
/ The National Assembly, by virtue OF
the powers bestowed upon it by the re-
cent edict. to-day formally appointed
Yuan Shih-ka Premier The question
Of his permanency i'm the office was dis
cussed, but it was decided that the As
/ sembly had no authority to guarantee
| this beyond the election Of parliament.
| II was. however. resolved 10 assure yuan
Of the Assemblys continued support.
! Russian financiers under guise of a
/ loan have arranged with the NicerOy or
/ Manchuria 10 advance S2,J00oD, ac-
cepting as security Chinese shares in
| the Russo Asatic Bank at Peking.
| Reports from Annoy indicate that the
| fall Of the city is imminent There is
no foreign warship there, hut all the
/ consuls have appealed to their govern
ments to send vessels. The American
cruiser Albany. now at Shanghai, re-
ceived orders to repair there at once.
Meantime the consuls at Annoy are de-
yising plans for the defence OF foreign
crs If an emergency arises.
! There is said to be a panic among the
inhabitants Of Fu-Chow, the capital Of
70 .Kien province.
Communication with Ching Kiang is
again interfered with.
London. Nov. S-The Peking CORE
! spondent Of The Daily Telegraph"
cabling last night, says: THE situation
before. The commonest prudence de-
mands that British regiment should
be brought from Tien-Tsin to Picking.
Prince Tsai-Tao. eX-Minister of War and
a brother of the Prince Regent is at
tempting 10 persuade the Empress Dow
acer to depose the regent
"The Chinese Foreign Board is au-
/ thority for stating that a scheme for
the naturalization of Shanghai is under
consideration. similar 10 that estab-
| iished at the time Of the Tai-Png re-
belion.'
A despatch to "Thc Daily Telegraph"
from Shanghai says that the province
Of yun-Nan has declared its indcpen-
dence and that the Viceroy has disap-