New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
MORE CHINESE CITIES
FALL BEFORE REBELS
Capital of the Province of Che
Kiang. Also Soo-Chow, Ming
Pc and kaSh-Ing.
PEKING IN STATE OF CHAOS
Yuan Shih -kai Still Declines Pre-
miership-Wise Counsels of
Prince Ching Avert
Flight of Court.

declines to accept the Premiership. al
though assured Of the support of the
National Assembly and General Chang,
/ in command of the Lan-Chau troops.
Both the Assembly and General Chang.
however, insist that when the paria-
ment is elected the Premier shall be
chosen by that body
! Hang-Chow, capital Of the province
of Che-Kiang. was captured to-day. the
| Governor being made prisoner but the
Tartar city held out against the rebels
for a time. The fighting was furious,
but did not last long.
Soo-Chow. in the province Of Kiang-
Su. on tine Grand Canal, has gone over
TO the rebels, the Governor and all the
officials, together with the soldiers, hav-
! ing acquiesced peacefully in the rising
while Kash-Ing and Ning-Po have also
fallen.
No Head of Government.
In the meantime affairs here are i'm
a state Of chaos. No tangible head Of
the government is visible. The public
treasury is in urgent need Of replen-
ishment, bat the international group
refuses TO supply war funds. The gov
ernment is urging the group to advance
money, in order to allay the threatened
financial and public deadlock in Pc
king. as it is feared that the non -circu-
lation of money will cause serious hard
ships To the coolies and the lower
classes, which possibly might lead TO
local disturbances.
To this the group is inclined TO accede,
although foreign commercial interests al
Peking are inconsiderable. The question
Of tangible security appears to be almost
insurmOUntablc but the negotiations
continue. The group insists that the
funds he used for the purposes stated.
and suggests that, If completed. the loan
be handed over to the local Chinese
Chamber Of Commerce as was done ut
Shanghai in the recent commercial crisis.
The Third Division of the army. sta
toned at Chang Chung-fu. is under or
Gers TO proceed to LanChau. the gov
eminent evidently hoping that the pres
cnce there of loyal division will have
q salutary effect on General Chang's
men. The transference of this division
is now going on, and the attitude of the
men is eagerly awaited, as it will prob
ably turn the scales in Northern China.
Elsewhere in the north, excepting in
Peking. the soldiers generally sympa-
thize with the Lan-Chau movement
General Wu Lu-cheng. Governor elect
of Shan-Si. has informed the government
that he can persuade the Shan-Si rebels
to accept the constitution, but it is
feared that WI himself is a revolution
ist
Reports from the Forbidden City show
that the Manchu princes are in pitia-
BILE state Of fear and indecision The
TaOtai periodically urges drastic meas
ures. which certainly would lead to the
destruction of the mobiles. The presence
Of General Yin-Tchang. the eS-War Min
lister. has calming effect, but only the
wise counsels of the aged Prince Ching
have averted a panic and prevented the
flight of the court, or something worse.
Four Thousand Manchus Held Ready.
Tien-Tsin is quiet tonight, but four
thousand Manchus are held in readiness
for an emergency. another edict has
been issued instructing the Assembly to
proceed with the election of parlia-
ment and promising TO recognize the
revolutionary political party.
According TO reports from Chang -Sha
six cities in Human province have re-
volted. and it is expected that the whole
province will declare for the republic.
Word has reached here that the rebels
have taken Kia-TingFu, in the SEE
Chuen province. and have issued pass
pots to the missionaries.
\ foreign traveller just returned from
Sian-Fu, in the Shen-Si province, re-
ports that district in the widest dis
order. Former soldiers were looting
everywhere and there was no trace Of
government troops The rebels at Sian
Flu asserted that all the officials, from
treasurer to taotai, had been killed, as
well as the Manchus, men, women and
children.
According to Chinese reports fifty
thousand persons have been killed at
Hankow by bullets, fire and the sword.
The National Assembly held a private
meeting to-day to decide whether 1t was
advisable TO dissolve the Assembly, in
view Of the want of confidence shown by
the Lan-Chau troops and the provincial
assemblies. The president pointed out
that il would be impossible for he AS
sembly TO lay down its burden until
Parliament was ready TO take it UP.
Finally the members agreed not TO dis
solve.
The Peking Chamber Of Commerce is
organizing a commercial police force TO
protect subscribers property in the
event Of a rebellion breaking out in the
capital.
Hankow, Nov. Cvia Wu-Hu. Nov. g.
Fire during the last few days has de-
vastated an area two miles long and
half a mile wide. 1t is evident that
the Imperalists are determined 10 de-
stroy the city They have burned a
tremendous store of shells and small
arm ammunition abandoned by the
rebels. The total damage by fire
amounts TO many million dollars.
Some OF the British river boats, in
cluding the gunboat Woodcock, were
struck by shots during the fighting, but
nobody was wounded.
The Rev. Mr.. Huntington, of the
American Church Mission, entered a
.e..,, ,rotaot against the execution of