Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-26
CANTON is CAPTURED
WITH GREAT BLOODSHED
Head of the Department of Posts
Dismissed From Office.
MUTINY AT cHENGTU REPORTED
Government Troops Said to Have
Killed General and Joined Revo-
lutionists-Want More
American Vessels.

+! SHANGHAI China October a6-A CHI
! nese newspaper. in an extra edition to-
DAY. announces that the min ster of war.
een. Yin Tchang. commanding the I'M
perial forces. has been assassinated b.
| his own troops
! The paper also states that Canton has
been seized by revoutionists. Great blood
! shed Is reported there
The rebels are throwing up intrench-
ments at kiukiang
Wuhu. Nanking and Soochow expect
| that the revolutionists will take over
their local governments soon.
The entire province of Szechuen is prac-
| tioally controlled by the rebels.
Manchu officials Fleeing.
Manchu officials. high and low. some
wearing disguses. are coming into
! Shanghai from every quarter All try
to find refuge i'm the foreign conces-
/ sfons.
| Native newspapers. which are widely
| circulated south of the YangtZe kianC
announce positively that the emperor ana
his family are prepared to start for Muk-
den, Manchuria. where protection has
been guaranteed them by the Japanese.
! Later IL is stated. the imperial ones will
be conducted to the United States
/ The open and widespread circulation oc
such statements as the above without
interference from the authorities is con-
sidered significant, In view Of the
! straint to which the press has been sub
jectcd heretofore.
/ A native paper publishes a wireless
dispatch from Hankow, timed > o'cioci.
this afternoon, stating that all is quiet
there.
Dismiss sheng Hsuan-Huai.
PEKING. October 26.-Sheng Hsuan-
Huai. minister of posts and communi-
cations, has been dismissed from office.
in accordance with the demand of the
national assembly made upon the gov
ernment yesterday.
An imperial edict issued today CASH
iers him forever on the ground that ne
was mainly responsible for the plan
to nationalize the Chinese railroads. IL,
| consequence OF which the present re
bellion arose.
| The edict explains that the govern
ments project was intended to bene-
| fit the people. but Sheng Hsuan- Huai
failed to carry IL out successfully and
transgressed the law while endeavorinc-
| to force the railroad scheme.
/ The government has thus chosen to
| sacrifice the man considered by for
eigners as the strongest member of the
! cabinet IN order to avoid an open
| rupture with the assembly and further
! antagonize the great majority OF
| Chinese.
Negotiated Loans.
Sheng negotiated the loans for the
/ naturalization of the railroad and
! opposed the provincial policy which
would localize their construction and
control
! The rebellious elements in the provinces
| OF Szechuen, Hupeh and Human formu-
lated charges against the minister. and
assembly Yesterday. The advocates Of
the charges stated that they We're not op-
posed to foreign loans. but rather To the
methods employed by Sheng and the re
suits, Which amounted 60 robbery OF
the people from whom the railways un-
der construction were taken and sold to
| foreigners. Sheng WAS not present, but
his secretary attempted To read writ
| ten statement from his chief. The menl-
bers refused to hear him and cried, De-
capitate Shengi
No one defended the minister. and when
! a motion was made TO demand the d.sf;i-
dalton Of the noted mandarin not even
| the Manchu princes who Were plainly
intimidated by the radicals. objected.
/ Successor Is Named.
Tang Shango vi who formerly held the
! post. succeeds Sheng Tsuan-Huai
! The president of the cabinet. Prince
Ching. aud the vice president. who signed
their acquiescence IN Sheng's plan. viii
be subjected to a severe inquiry.
The edct further releases from custody
the president of the Szechuen provincial
assembly and other leaders in the riots
| at Chengtu.
Punishment is ordered for Gen. chaa
Erh Feng (reported assassinatedb and
Wang Ter Wen. the present and past
viceroys of SZechuen.
The Chinese nea spapers report that
the troops at Chengtu, the capital of SEE
chuen province, have mutinied and killed
Gen. Chao Erh Feng, commander Of tho
imperial forces, and joined the rebels,
who now hold the capital
The legations have received no news
officially from Szechuen province for the
past ten days They ordinarily discFedlt
the reports published in the Chinese
paDers but consider the statement that